Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Politics
Conversations with Bill Kristol
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Julius Caesar, the Gui That Played Roman Politics Perfectly
Shakespeare wrote julius caesar first, and then maybe seven, eight, nine years later he wrote corelanus. In corilanus, shakespeare's shows the plebeians were still deeply suspicious, suspicious of the patricians. But what we see in jilius caesar is the gui that played roman politics perfectly. And once he does that, he unbalances this mixed roman regime.
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