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Plebeians [in Coriolanus] shout at each other in a rather confused matter, but in their speeches a detailed theory of class division is formulated. It is based on three elementary contrasts: some people work, others feed on their misert; some are poor, others are rich; some are placed low and have to obey, others are placed high and rule.
— Sep 10, 2024 09:15PM
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If we strip Othello of romantic varnish, of everything that is opera and melodrama, the tragedy of jealousy and the tragedy of betrayed confidence become a dispute between Othello and Iago: the dispute on the nature of the world. Is this world good or bad? What are the limits of suffering; what is the ultimate purpose of the few brief moments that pass between birth and death?
— Sep 09, 2024 09:35PM
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The world offers a spectacle similar to a storm or hurricane. Weak bushes are bowed down to the earth, while tall trees fall uprooted. The order of history and the order of nature are both cruel; terrifying are the passions that breed in the human heart.
— Sep 08, 2024 09:01PM
