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CAN WE FORGIVE HAMLET?
A common reader's try at the tragic flaw of the most charming prince in the Shakespearean world. Can we pardon him for a fault which is cent percent our own? Through the outline of the play's plot, through the points where Hamlet could have transformed his Fate. Why does Hamlet's fate really create pity and fear in the viewers? An attempt to answer this question from the viewpoint of an ordinary reader.
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Hamlet's Second Soliloquy
In Hamlet's second soliloquy, the prince berates himself for his inaction compared to the First Player. Shakespeare explores ideas of role, character and integrity.
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Quince and the Mechanicals
The mechanicals, led by Peter Quince and dominated by Bottom, produce a play inside A Midsummer Night's Dream - an ambiguous piece of symbolism.
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Jacob Marley's Links '00 (Updated Jan. 8)
Our annual, server-busting list of links to theatrical adaptations of Charles Dickens' <i>A Christmas Carol</i>.
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Daisy Pulls It Off
A surprise hit in the West End, Daisy Pulls It Off celebrates the world of the traditional girls' boarding school story.
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Jasmin Fields: A Modern Elisabeth
This is a book review of Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field, a modern version of Pride and Prejudice.
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Natural Lighting
Summer outdoor theater is a staple of Washington D.C. summers. My friend Susan and I stumbled across one production in Alexandria just this weekend.
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BY JEEVES SAYING "GOODBYE" TO BROADWAY
A brief commentary on Andrew Lloyd Webber's shortest running Broadway musical.
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The Taming of the Shrew
A lot of fun, but don't think too hard.
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The Sun Always Shines In A Place Called North Beach: Part IV
Sometimes a writer evokes such passion that it takes several essays to analyze a book of his poetry and give it proper justice. Such is the feeling one gets when reading, "A Coney Island Of The Mind." This essay takes a closer look at this book, as well as, the life of this extraordinary man.
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Television as a Cultural Forum: An Analysis of "Dharma and Greg"
Guest contributor and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Amanda Wilson analyzes <i>Dharma and Greg</i> in terms of Newcomb and Hirsch's notion of television as a "cultural forum."
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