“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” Act 1, Scene 1 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare uses this couplet to take sight completely out of the love equation. Shakespeare tells his audience, through Helena, that love is an intrinsic matter of the heart. He is critiquingContinue reading “The Blind Cupid Theory in A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
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Would Shakespeare be Catfishing’s next victim?
Catfishing. it is “a deceptive activity where a person creates a sockpuppet social networking presence, or fake identity on a social network account, usually targeting a specific victim for abuse, deception, or fraud.” While during the Elizabeth era Tinder was not trending on the App Store, it is plausible to imagine how one could getContinue reading “Would Shakespeare be Catfishing’s next victim?”
Shakespeares Legacy
‘To the memory of my beloved Shakespeare’ by Ben Jonson written in 1623, pays homage to and immortalises the legacy that Shakespeare’s creativity and Art has left on the stage. Jonson contemplates the notion of ‘nature versus nurture’ where nature is naturally occurring and intangible and nurture is an add on or something that has been cultured. JonsonContinue reading “Shakespeares Legacy”
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