
‘Romeo and Juliet’ in a Nutshell
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy reveals the consequences of exalting passion above wisdom and virtue.
Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy reveals the consequences of exalting passion above wisdom and virtue.
The pressure to remove William Shakespeare’s work from the curriculum is a symptom of a deeper ideological problems in the culture
Let’s examine what is actually known of the Bard’s last years.
COMMENTARY: A convincing case can be made to support the claim that the Bard is the most relevant writer who ever set pen paper.
It is against a backdrop of intensified anti-Catholic persecution that William Shakespeare wrote this darkest of plays.
The case for Shakespeare’s Catholicism has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt.
For the Bard and for the saints who inspired him, we should be ever thankful.
Any attempt to mold Shakespeare into the image of “our own deplorable epoch” is ridiculously absurd.
The Maid of Orléans will be a focal point of artists for generations to come but most will pale in comparison to William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and the Little Flower
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