by Uncola via TheBurningPlatform.com
And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war;
Mark Antony, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, III.i
Last week, on April Fool’s Day, I read how the month of March 2017 was a “turning point” for Hillary Clinton as she, once again, challenged Donald Trump on Twitter and made three public speeches where she encouraged her former foot soldiers to: “Resist, persist, insist, enlist”. Upon reading those words, I was reminded of the little girl in the movie “Poltergeist” who said: “They’re baaack”.
Yes, they’re back like “Ate”, the Greek goddess of discord and vengeance. Well, actually, in truth, they never really left.
In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, the main character isn’t Caesar. On the contrary, the story is mostly about everyone else. If prose could be equated to cuisine, then “Julius Caesar”, although the Bard’s shortest play, was, nevertheless, a veritable feast; an exotic, psychological buffet of torn loyalties, political treachery, honor, patriotism, friendship, intrigue, tragedy, and revenge.
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