1.Know before you go – events Way back in 1985, I’d had my first ‘real’ job for a year. I’d spent the entire time saving up money so I could take a nine-day trip to England as soon as I had earned my five days worth of vacation (awarded after one year of service). I ...
Who is your favorite villain in Shakespeare’s plays? Goodness knows there are enough to choose from. Some of the Bard’s greatest plays have more than one. Of course, the criteria for choosing the greatest villain is different for each. One could choose solely on the basis of how evil a character is, but I prefer ...
Despite sharing a titular nomenclature, Shakespeare’s plays about kings named Richard bear very little similarity otherwise. One of the most striking things about the two plays is the manner in which the literary structure of each seems to resemble the characterization of the monarch whose life they attempt to dramatize. Shakespeare cleverly manipulates the audience ...
To many readers, Shakepeare’s plays seem to be written in a foreign language. Sometimes the words are familiar but don’t seem to carry the same meaning as they do today. But Shakespeare’s English is really not that different from modern American English. Learning a few word meanings can make reading the plays much easier and ...
“But I’m not made to be a seducer — I am deformed — Since I can’t amuse myself by being a lover, I’ve decided to become a villain. I’ve set dangerous plans in motion, using lies, drunken prophecies, and stories about dreams to set my brother Clarence and the king against each other.” (Richard ...
I recently visited Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia to see if the rumors of it being one of the ten most haunted places in America were true; they were. Springer Opera House is no stranger whatsoever to visits from the other side: there are regular sightings of orbs of light, cold spots in the ...
The character Richard III in the Shakespearean play Richard III is one of complex nature, though seldom do people recognize this. The Richard III that William Shakespeare writes of is a man driven by ambition, vengeance, and a thirst for power, who is willing to do whatever is necessary to achieve such distinction. Throughout the ...