NYTimes.com: Shakespeare Explains the 2016 Election

The author of this op-ed is General Editor of the Norton Shakespeare and a professor at Harvard. His analysis seems to imply that the play is historically accurate regarding the portrait of Richard as a physically deformed monster with no legitimate claim to the throne or ability to rule. Comments?
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Opinion
Shakespeare Explains the 2016 Election
By STEPHEN GREENBLATT
He understood how a great country could wind up being governed by a sociopath.
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The author of this op-ed is General Editor of the Norton
Shakespeare and a professor at Harvard. His analysis seems to imply
that the play is historically accurate regarding the portrait of
Richard as a physically deformed monster with no legitimate claim to
the throne or ability to rule. Comments?
Sent
by jltournier60@...:
Opinion
Shakespeare Explains the 2016
Election
By STEPHEN
GREENBLATT
He
understood how a great country could wind up being governed by
a sociopath.
Or,
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