Two Gentlemen of Verona: Nostalgia and Objectivity

When I was something like fourteen years old, my grandmother gave me an old volume of the collected works of Shakespeare. I was very excited about this and was determined to make my way through it. At that point, I think the only plays of the Bard that I had read were Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, and possibly Romeo…

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Why I Don’t Like The Merchant of Venice

Well, hi there. It’s been a while. First things first: despite a loooong hiatus (oh, adulting…), I will still attempt to meet my goal of reading (or watching or listening to) all of Shakespeare’s plays by the end of the year. This will require a few modifications to my original plans. I will be posting about two Shakespeare plays per…

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