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Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Isn’t About What You Think It’s About
A closer look at how ‘violent delights have violent ends,’ from a conversation with Juliet’s siblings.
A closer look at how ‘violent delights have violent ends,’ from a conversation with Juliet’s siblings.
‘The man that hath no music in himself … is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils’
What is the message of the play? Set in starkest simplicity, it is that in a world without God, nothing lovely or good can survive.
If we want to know what Shakespeare believes, we should study the voices of those he paints sympathetically.
New book suggests that in Elizabethan England, the Bard’s works communicated secret codes.
Jeffrey Fiske’s adaptation of Mary Eberstadt’s 2010 best-seller will make its premiere on Sept. 29 at The Catholic University of America.
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