Tag Archives: Shakespeare in Politics

Shakespeare on Truth, Evidence, Probability and Libya

Posted on September 13, 2012 by jimmie

 “ ‘Tis probable and palpable to thinking.” (Othello, act 1, sc.2) Comment.  With timing seemingly impossible in its accuracy, on the anniversary day of the September 11 tragedy, another tragedy occurs, germane in spirit, smaller in scope but equal in significance. How is it  possible not to draw parallels, not only on the timing but Read More

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Shakespeare on the Blessings of Ignorance and Impact on Government

Posted on September 10, 2012 by jimmie

 “Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o’ nights: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.” (Julius Caesar, act 1, sc. 2) Comments and Tips for Use. Use the last two lines to cast a friendly and ironic Read More

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Shakespeare on Equivocation, Confusion and Meaning

Posted on September 9, 2012 by jimmie

“We must speak by the card or equivocation will undo us.” (Hamlet, act 5, sc. 1) Comments. Two historians separated in time by millennia said the same thing, A historian must describe things “as they happened” (wie es eigentlich gewesen), according to Ranke (author of the monumental History of the Popes). Much earlier on Herodotus Read More

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Shakespeare on the State of the Union

Posted on September 8, 2012 by jimmie

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 4) Tips for Use.   Apply to place, company, state, nation or organization where you firmly believe that rot outweighs soundness. Not long ago, he who writes here was plying the waters of the Willamette River at the helm, or rather the paddles of Read More

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Shakespeare on the Difference between Democrats and Republicans

Posted on September 7, 2012 by jimmie

“… you weigh equally; a feather will turn the scale.” (Measure For Measure, act 4, sc. 2) Tips for Use.   Perfectly applicable line to the alleged differences between Democrats and Republicans. With the techniques of George Bernay’s (his booklet “Propaganda” should be mandatory reading in any educational institution), every effort is made to maintain the Read More

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Shakespeare on Salad Days and Inexperience

Posted on September 5, 2012 by jimmie

“Those were my salad days, When I was green in judgement.” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 5) Tips for Use.   Unless you are really old you can often attribute your errors to inexperience and get away with it. Though for many the salad days extend far longer than when the days were salad. A Read More

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Pre-Orwell Shakespeare on Deceptive Words and Appearances

Posted on September 3, 2012 by jimmie

“Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest.” (Merchant of Venice act 3, sc. 2) Tips for Use. When you see the truth and others do not. Or rather, Read More

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Shakespeare on the Instruments of Darkness and their Modus Operandi

Posted on September 1, 2012 by jimmie

“… But ‘t is strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray ‘s In deepest consequence.” (Macbeth act 1, sc. 3) Tips for Use. Good lines to point out and stigmatize the appearance of truth used to hide deep and Read More

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Shakespeare on Talents and their Use

Posted on August 31, 2012 by jimmie

Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves, for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike As if we had them not.” (Measure for Measure, act 1, sc.1) Tips for Use. Answer to a compliment where your unique and particular skills are praised – Read More

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Shakespeare on Procrastination and How to Avoid It

Posted on August 30, 2012 by jimmie

“… that we would do We should do when we would; for this ‘would’ changes And hath abatements and delays as many As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents; And then this ‘should’ is like a spendthrift sigh, That hurts by easing.” (Hamlet act 4, sc. 7) Tips for Use.  Stimulate prompt action after Read More

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