Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Politics
Conversations with Bill Kristol
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Anti Cleopatra - The Rise of the Roman Empire
Anti cleopatra ends with the victory ovicy of augustus and the beginning of the roman empire. And i suppose these are all pre christian, but isn't there? I seems to me, you argue this, i think, in the book. There's a sort of looking forward, you might say, to christianity in anti cleopatra. In coriolanus, winning is winning. Ah, it's very much what nita would call a culture amassed morality culture. It's one wherea strength is virtue. You prove yourself that play by winning.
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