New Thinking: Shakespeare's Life Lessons
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The Importance of Sexual Violence in Shakespeare's Plays
Shakespeare's plays can be seen as thought experiments where he is evaluating rival claims to the truth. Patrick an, i bring you in here. Do you think there's a sort of downsides to this kind of reading into the gaps, or do you agree that there is something er, sort of liberating about that? Everyone has opinions, even shakespeare? But i think also people doubt their own opinions. He introduces the most powerful argument he can think of for the opposite of what he believes and thinks through whether or not it might be true.
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