Tag Archives: Antony and Cleopatra

Kill All the Lawyers? Nope, We Need Them

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2016

A district judge reflects upon what lawyers and judges can learn from Shakespeare, including “Othello,” “Merchant of Venice, “Hamlet,” “King Lear,” most of the history plays, and others.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged civility, Hamlet, Henry IV Part 2, Henry IV Part I, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Julius Caesar, King Lear, lawyers, legal system, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard II, Richard III, trust, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Political Consultants Should Read Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2015

Which literary works would you recommend to a political consultant to stay in touch with his or her soul and avoid becoming lost in the dark side? How about Hawthorne, Melville, Shakespeare, Pinter, and Terrence McNally?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Confidence Man, Harold Pinter, Herman Melville, King Lear, Macbeth, Moby Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, political consultants, politics, Scarlet Letter, Terrence McNally, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Petraeus: Karenina, Oedipus, or Antony?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 15, 2012

The David Petraeus affair–is it 19th century melodrama or high tragedy?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Anna Karenina, David Petraeus, Leo Tolstoy, Macbeth, Notre Dame de Paris, Othello, Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare | Comments closed