Tag Archives: hamlet

Shakespeare and leaked-out Video of Torture inside US Prison

Posted on March 25, 2013 by jimmie

“I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes.” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 1) Comment. The video (link following comment) speaks by itself. It is posted here because there are still some who believe that the US administration and governments are the mirrors of democracy and staunch defenders and Read More

Posted in Best Shakespeare Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Shakespeare Invocations | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare and leaked-out Video of Torture inside US Prison

To Be or not to Be (an Accomplice of the Argentine Junta)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by jimmie

“… that is the question, Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? …” (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1) Comment. Yes, indeed, is it nobler in the mind to be deaf and blind towards Read More

Posted in Answers to Interviews, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Elegant Shakespearean Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Shakespeare in Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Shakespeare, Primroses, Austerity and Hypocrisy

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jimmie

…. The primrose path of dalliance threads And recks not his own rede” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 3) Comment. If yesterday it was daffodils, today it is primroses (primula vulgaris, for the botanists), another floral emblem of Spring. Equally laden, furthermore, with symbolic and metaphorical meanings, pertinent to Laertes’ (as it’s the case here), as Read More

Posted in Amusing Shakespeare, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Business Presentations, Fighting your Adversary, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Shakespeare in Management, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare on Flowers, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare, Primroses, Austerity and Hypocrisy

Shakespeare on the Pope Blessing the CIA Director

Posted on January 20, 2013 by jimmie

“’Tis too much proved – that with devotion’s visage And pious action we do sugar o’er The devil himself.”  (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1) Comments. If the director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, can get a blessing from the Pope, it is high time to dial up Milton and from his Paradise Lost call up Read More

Posted in After Dinner Quotes, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Elegant Shakespearean Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Sayings about Life, Shakespeare in Management, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare Invocations, Shakespeare on Mass Psychology and Group Behavior, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare on the Pope Blessing the CIA Director

Shakespeare and the Hounding to Death of a Noble Heart

Posted on January 15, 2013 by jimmie

“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!”  (Hamlet, act 5 sc. 2) Aaron Swartz, Internet pioneer, crusader for open access and a social justice activist, took his life last week in Brooklyn, NY. He was 26 and the victim of a malicious and vindictive Read More

Posted in Best Shakespeare Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare Invocations, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Shakespeare, Murder, Anniversary of Wounded Knee, Freedom and Democracy

Posted on December 29, 2012 by jimmie

“Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 5) Comments. Dec 29 is the 122nd anniversary of the Massacre of Wounded Knee. The story has not been forgotten among what remains of the American Indians. It is interesting to read what the then Read More

Posted in Best Shakespeare Quotes, Fighting your Adversary, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Shakespeare Invocations, Shakespeare on Mass Psychology and Group Behavior | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare, Murder, Anniversary of Wounded Knee, Freedom and Democracy

Shakespeare on Hypocrisy or Blindness to Facts or Both

Posted on December 15, 2012 by jimmie

POLONIUS We are oft to blame in this, – ‘Tis too much proved–that with devotion’s visage And pious action we do sugar o’er The devil himself. KING CLAUDIUS [Aside] O, ’tis too true! How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience! (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1) Comments. The massacre at the school in Read More

Posted in Best Shakespeare Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Sayings about Life, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare Invocations, Shakespeare on Mass Psychology and Group Behavior | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare on Hypocrisy or Blindness to Facts or Both

Shakespeare on Unspeakable Crime and Murder by Drones

Posted on November 8, 2012 by jimmie

 “O, my offence is rank it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, A brother’s murder” (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 3) Comments.  The picture of this child shows the effects of a drone visit to North Waziristan in a location called Datta Khel. The boy died from the wounds some time after Read More

Posted in Best Shakespeare Quotes, Fighting your Adversary, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Sayings about Life, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare Invocations, Shakespeare on Mass Psychology and Group Behavior | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare on Unspeakable Crime and Murder by Drones

Shakespeare on the End of the Shuttle Era

Posted on September 23, 2012 by jimmie

“Thou know’st ‘tis common – all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” (Hamlet, act 1.2) Comments. Appropriate lines to accompany the end of the Space Shuttle Era, with the spectacular return of the Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles – while the B-747 that carried it made passes on some classic American icons Read More

Posted in After Dinner Quotes, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Business Presentations, Elegant Shakespearean Quotes, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Sayings about Life, Shakespeare in Management, Shakespeare in Politics, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Shakespeare, Romney and Shamelessness

Posted on September 22, 2012 by jimmie

O, shame, where is thy blush? (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 4) Comments and Tips for Use. Comment on any action, words or proposal with which you strongly disagree. In the instance, as we know, Republican presidential nominee Romney just released his 2011 tax returns, showing he paid 14% in taxes on $14 million of income Read More

Posted in After Dinner Quotes, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Business Presentations, Insults Shakespeare-style, Presentation Ideas, Sayings about Life, Shakespeare in Management, Shakespeare in Politics, Shakespeare Invocations, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Shakespeare, Romney and Shamelessness