Category Archives: Presentation Ideas

Shakespeare is an inexhaustible source of presentation themes and ideas, including starters, epilogues and quotes that can revive the spirit of the audience. A well placed quote at the beginning of a presentation catches the attention and at the end it may be what triggers the applause. Relatively few people realize that in a presentation you cannot have form without substance, but substance without form can kill the effect. In the book “Your Daily Shakespeare” there are more than 10,000 instances of how to adapt a Shakespearean quote to any situation, including, of course, hundreds of examples usable in presentations.

Shakespeare and Gender Ideology

Posted on April 21, 2014 by jimmie

God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times… … how chances mock, And changes fill the cup of alteration With divers liquors! King Henry IV, part 2, act 3, sc. 1) After the veil of oblivion has been cast on individual events, historians can draw their conclusions Read More

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Shakespeare, Appearances and the Jones Plantation

Posted on April 13, 2014 by jimmie

“Who makes the fairest show, means most deceit” (Pericles, act 1, sc. 4) Cornel West  is an African-American philosopher, academic, activist, author and public intellectual. He defines himself as a “blues man in the world of the mind, and a jazz man in the world of ideas.” Recently, Cornel West commented on the impact of Read More

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Shakespeare and the One Dollar Ignition Switch

Posted on April 5, 2014 by jimmie

“And my more having would be as a sauce To make me hunger more…” (Macbeth, act 4, sc. 3)  A brief background for our international visitors. General Motors has recalled millions of cars due to a minor but deadly design flaw. In some models, the ignition switch can unexpectedly turn itself off. The sudden engine Read More

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Shakespeare and Unforgotten War Crimes

Posted on March 30, 2014 by jimmie

“…. O, it presses to my memory, Like damned guilty deeds to sinners’ minds.” (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 2) Fifteen years is a long time for the collective memory of people. Collective drunkenness is not indispensable for collective forgetfulness. But Lady Macbeth’s words still apply, “… memory, the warder of the brain, Shall Read More

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Shakespeare, Godfathers and Radars among the Oranges

Posted on March 21, 2014 by jimmie

“… deal mildly with his youth; For young hot colts being raged do rage the more.” (King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1) Less than 1000 miles West-South-West of Ukraine and Crimea lies the island of Sicily. Where there is no desire for a referendum to join Russia or any other nation. Hence there is Read More

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Ukraine and a Repeat of Lithuania

Posted on March 15, 2014 by jimmie

“Are there no stones in heaven But what serve for thunder?” (Othello, act 5, sc. 2) In traditional history, it was the slaves who rebelled against the masters. But in the revised Huxley’s edition of our brave new world it is the masters who revolt against the slaves. Which, more or less, is what happened Read More

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Shakespeare and McDonald in Vietnam

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jimmie

“…on the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on …” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 4) The corporate US media reported, with thinly disguised pride, that the McDonald franchise has now entered Vietnam. The implied narrative can be condensed as follow,

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Shakespeare, Nostalgia, a Tiramisu and an Italian Restaurant

Posted on March 2, 2014 by jimmie

“… dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1) Amidst the mist of business, war and folly, compounded in the subjects of recent articles, the following  “news, which is indeed true, may be so like an old tale that the importance of it is in Read More

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Color Revolutions, a Shakespearean Interpretation

Posted on February 25, 2014 by jimmie

“These things, indeed, you have articulated, Proclaim’d at market crosses, read in churches, To trim the garment of rebellion With some fine color, that may please the eye Of fickle changelings, and poor discontents …… And never yet did insurrection want Such water-colours, to impaint his cause.” King Henry IV, [art 1, act 5, sc. Read More

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Shakespeare, Ukraine and the Smoking Gun

Posted on February 20, 2014 by jimmie

I will no more trust him when he leers, than I will a serpent when he hisses.” (Troilus and Cressida, act 5, sc. 1) The expression “smoking gun”, as we know, is intended to represent incontrovertible evidence of a crime, or of a generic act of lawlessness. The term is derived from Conan Doyle’s story Read More

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