Posted on August 20, 2009Lies, Innuendo and Oneupmanship in Shakespeare's Poetry: “Sonnet 130” and the Fair Youth Series
A comparative reading of Shakespeare’s Poetry: “Sonnet 130” and the Fair Youth Series. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” is unique in its unglamorous portrayal of the so-called “Dark Lady” to whom it is addressed.
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Posted on August 20, 2009For the Girls: Performing Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird and “Twelfth Night”
Concepts of femininity in To Kill a Mockingbird and “Twelfth Night”. For most of us, the long, lazy days of summer conjure up memories of fortbuilding, skinned knees, sleepovers, and an influx of summer bugs befitting a biblical plague.
Posted on July 25, 2009Why Shakespeare Breaks Basic Writing Rules in “Sonnet 18,” “Hamlet,” and “Romeo and Juliet”
Exploring Shakespeare’s use of artistic self-reference in “Sonnet 18,” “Hamlet,” and “Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare famously opens his “Sonnet 18” with the question, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” and then proceeds to do exactly that....
Posted on June 18, 2009Shakespeare, Poetry, and the Power of Art
Poetry can have an incredibly polarizing effect: people tend to either swear by at or swear at it. What gives? Well, aside from the fact that good poetry can be dauntingly elitist while bad poetry is, as a rule, truly god-awful, art in general is a...
Posted on June 18, 2009Corruption and Power According to Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Metallica
As Metallica awesomely misquoted from Shakespeare, “heavy is the head that wears the crown.” Probably because most heads actually willing to wear a crown are a wee bit on the swollen side. And since big head + big crown + huge responsibility almost...
