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Dr. J's Shakespeare Fireside Poems
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Each episode Dr. J reads a dramatic passage from one of Shakespeare’s plays and discusses how it and the play its from equip us for life’s challenges as well as giving us the pleasures of art.
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The General Challenger
The match between Orlando and Charles the Wrestler considered as a metaphor for the confrontation between every individual human being and the world.
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Hector & Achilles
Shakespeare portrays the combat between Hector and Achilles differently that it's portrayed in Homer's Iliad. Shakespeare is cynical about Achilles, cynical about Hector, and cynical about the Trojan War. There is no heroism and no dignity.
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What a King is This!
Hamlet relates to his friend Horatio how he sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths.
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A pound of Flesh
The Merchant of Venice weighs justice and mercy in the balance, but does it also betray Shakespeare as antisemitic?
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Not Alone Unhappy
Society depends on human sympathy, including sympathy for those who are unhappy, who can also find companionship in literature and art.