Shakespeare, Courage & a Fallen Hero

Posted on November 20, 2014 by jimmie

Tomas Young with a dedication of Shakespearean lines, .there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? Let be“…there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is’t to leave betimes? Let be.”

(Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2)

In 2004 Tomas Young enrolled in the US Army, fired by the desire to serve his country.

“The game’s afoot;
Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge,
Cry – God for Bush, America and Saint George!”

Desire to serve his country, with special impetus to avenge the victims of 9/11. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Truth & the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 12, 2014 by jimmie

Angela Merkel as a communisat youth leader of the DDR just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Illustration of sonnet lines, When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field...“When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field….”

These lines from the famous Sonnet may come to mind when looking at the picture of the young lady, talking on a portable phone, the size and cumbersomeness of which betray the age when it was used and the photo taken. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Islam and ISIS

Posted on November 5, 2014 by jimmie

The Islamic flag, half moon and star, as an illustration of the Shakespeare quote, but now the bishop Turns insurrection to religion: Suppos’d sincere and holy in his thoughts, He’s follow’d both with body and with mind“…but now the bishop
Turns insurrection to religion:
Suppos’d sincere and holy in his thoughts,
He’s follow’d both with body and with mind.”

(King Henry IV, part 2, act 1, sc. 1)

Anyone who lived, visited or worked in Iraq (as the writer of this article has), at the time of the “evil” dictator Saddam Hussein, will probably agree that the ISIS phenomenon has little or nothing to do with the Islamic religion, other than its name. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Murder and Video Games

Posted on October 27, 2014 by jimmie

image from videogame, a rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet quote, “…the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape“…the devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape”

(Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2)

Anita Sarkeesian is a feminist with a creative talent. A critic of video games, she analyses how women are therein portrayed, and how the implicit messages are diffused to players at large.

The lady caight media attention for having been forced to cancel a speech at Utah State University, after the school had received an email threatening to carry out “the deadliest Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Language, War and Madness

Posted on October 17, 2014 by jimmie

shakespeare's Mad we can call it; for, to define true madness, what is it but to be nothing else but mad!, the scream painted by Munch“Mad call I it; for, to define true madness,
What is’t but to be nothing else but mad”
(Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2)

That language continuously evolves needs no demonstration. It is commonly overlooked, however, how certain words or expressions – mostly injected into the lexicon by the regime media – suddenly rise to prominence just as suddenly as they fall from use.

During the infancy of the 21st century we had the “war on terror”, Continue reading →

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100,000 Visitors to Your Daily Shakespeare

Posted on October 1, 2014 by jimmie

An illustration of the Shakespearean quote, “To solemnize this day, the glorious sun Stays his course, and plays the alchymist; Turning, with splendour of his precious eye, The meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold.”“To solemnize this day, the glorious sun
Stays his course, and plays the alchymist;
Turning, with splendour of his precious eye,
The meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold.”

King John, act 3, sc. 1

Yesterday, Sep 30, 2014, this site welcomed its unknown but appreciated one hundred thousandth visitor, in about two and a half years. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare & the Dizzying Number of US Enemies

Posted on September 30, 2014 by jimmie

Image of an enemy of America. Illustration of Shakespeare's quote "“...I know, to divide them inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory” from Hamlet“…I know, to divide them inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory”

Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2

That America has enemies is a truth ascertained by the eminent George W. Bush in 2001. However questionable and suspicious the whole 9/11 business was (and still is), he said it happened because “they envy our freedoms.” The event enabled and justified an almost unthinkable enlargement of an already gigantic military and spying machine and budget. So as to create what Shakespeare compared to “a moat defensive to a house, against the envy of less happier lands.” (1). Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Geography and Education

Posted on September 16, 2014 by jimmie

map of saudi arabia and reference to Shakespeare quote on education. EVANS. I pray you, have your remembrance, child; Accusativo, hing, hang, hog. MISTRESS QUICKLY. Hang hog is Latin for bacon, I warrant youEVANS. I pray you, have your remembrance, child; Accusativo, hing, hang, hog.
MISTRESS QUICKLY.
Hang hog is Latin for bacon, I warrant you.

(Merry Wives of Windsor, act 4, sc.1)

Even the regime media had a good time in reporting the comments of an unnamed, though well-placed senior State Department High Priest who, when in Saudi Arabia, declared that,

“ISIL has been, I think, a galvanizing threat around the Sunni partners in the region. They view it as an existential threat to them. Saudi Arabia has an extensive border with Syria … So what we have here is a galvanizing threat Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, Injustice and Careers

Posted on September 12, 2014 by jimmie

Illustration of Shakespeare quote on injustice, "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none: And some condemned for a fault alone.” (Measure for Measure)“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none:
And some condemned for a fault alone.”

(Measure For Measure, act 2, sc.1)

On September 5, 2014, Henry McCollum and his half  brother Leon Brown left their North Carolina prison– where they spent 30 years for a crime they did not commit. Before being released, McCollum was still on death row. A Superior Court Judge overturned the 1983 conviction for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Sabrina Buie, as new DNA evidence showed there was no longer a credible evidence against them. Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, New-speak, Double-think & Black-white

Posted on September 1, 2014 by jimmie

Front page of Ukrainian News Agency on flight MH17 written in Orwellian double-think, plus related Shakespeare quote, "“A crafty knave does need no broker”“A crafty knave does need no broker”

(KHVI p2.1.2)

Readers of this blog will no doubt have independently observed the current and ever-increasing instances of “Orwellian moments” in the speeches, utterings and “new-speak” declarations by regime pundits, or in sundry statements printed on the regime media.
“New-speak” is too familiar to require explanations. But as a reminder of other closely linked definitions, “double-think” is the power of holding simultaneously two contradictory beliefs and accepting both of them.  In this context, the rulers’ orthodox agent knows how to play tricks with reality; but by practising double-think he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. Continue reading →

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