Jacob’s Reviews > Beg, Steal and Borrow: Artists Against Originality > Status Update

I had never thought much about Shakespeare borrowing text before, but apparently he did a decent amount. Nearly a whole passage from The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra is a slightly reworded one from Plutarchs Lives.

The summary of how many ways something like Shakespeare can be interpreted is interesting, pointing out how his works can be directed as something that comes off as very left-wing or right-wing. It reminds me of more feminist interpretations of Romeo and Juliet. When a work is so broad and influential it can become a carrier for almost any message.