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It wasn’t made to be afraid of. It wouldn’t have been made so mild, if that was the intention. But I wouldn’t like to — Milly! — him, you know. Down in the Buildings.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@usat/literature-charles-dickens-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain-7-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@usat/literature-charles-dickens-the-haunted-man-and-the-ghost-s-bargain-7-45</guid><category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[usat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 14:38:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Het beeld-verhaal: "Nuit d'été" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heb je wel eens zo'n Frans aandoend donkerbruin bronzen beeld gezien uit een minstens even donkerbruin en stoffig verleden ? En heb je je dan wel eens afgevraagd: "Waar gaat dit over ? 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Here is the full production!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@thepatriotblog/hamlet-2018-starring-andrew-scott</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@thepatriotblog/hamlet-2018-starring-andrew-scott</guid><category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thepatriotblog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2FqXcGvucZd4ZfqrG8bs319CGzH9YPSb5G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Midsummer Night's Dream (review) || Sueño de una noche de verano (reseña)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, readers! It's really nice to post here. So many great reviews. I've come to add one more😁 ¡Hola, lectores! Qué genial es poder bloguear en esta comunidad, entre tantas buenas reseñas. Vine a añadir]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gabmr/a-midsummer-night-s-dream-review-or-or-sueno-de-una-noche-de-verano-resena</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gabmr/a-midsummer-night-s-dream-review-or-or-sueno-de-una-noche-de-verano-resena</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gabmr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:39:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9JHjwuJ9jktDCGa6fKwu6D3oSHHiLyvTPg56mWgY38o5zF2hqPrgAm7QetzBaeBd5u86enZ1knbb4DwadC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Doth Bestride the Narrow World Like a Colossus: LMAC #235]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/he-doth-bestride-the-narrow-world-like-a-colossus-lmac-235</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/he-doth-bestride-the-narrow-world-like-a-colossus-lmac-235</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174695]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agmoore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNLBNWzfDNACKMnprixRStTBtudFEp9Kk23J48RMuNE4wA8nQCSyykubEF28uNehPCWNSceBYqTkYKhkKqT5VHV6XGdZeT6eaVde3UeBE1K93oL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Shakespeare: Two books, one author / William Shakespeare: Dos libros, un autor (ENG-ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Shakespeare put the phrase "To be or not to be, that is the question" into Hamlet's voice in 1623, he left a mark on literature for one of the most important questions of human experience:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@ali-nhyamar78/william-shakespeare-two-books-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@ali-nhyamar78/william-shakespeare-two-books-one</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ali-nhyamar78]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2ckcJeTNPxSHwBGG4zr8Nc93xVWj7JzWdKXq217VTWETWzt4zv7uf2eCSJfukatnFyXBqYQvfRMTUuEvtfkZuYGngDFtusne31h9ztqosMRm5BkFPvtmrN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE GORY SHAKESPEARE THAT MAKES PEOPLE TO FAINT]]></title><description><![CDATA[good afternoon lady and gentlemen your welcome hive Good theatre has the power to really move us – a statement that's usually taken metaphorically, rather than literally. 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They repeat their delusions so often that fiction becomes reality.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@vrilwave/morning-thoughts-never-sympathize-with</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@vrilwave/morning-thoughts-never-sympathize-with</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vrilwave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 07:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dy5sMASMFHj7UH8zBxjjCSyawA4YyouXr6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 450 books! An interview to an illustrator/ Casi 450 libros! Entrevista con un ilustrador (ENG/ESP)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, community! In the world of literature, especially in children's and young adult literature, illustrators play a crucial role. Images complement the text, bring stories to life, and allow readers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gaviotawriter/almost-450-books-an-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@gaviotawriter/almost-450-books-an-interview</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gaviotawriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpvfbZmWWpzbxvuBEmrfrG6h1RSm8UHkJ84ZkrwmZu6zuwENjKrVShYLXRcf9pAZhEZ5csGSUSixj4KsKkvt3G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mislead Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first read Hamlet, I fucking hated it. It was in translation, mind. Our Romanian language teacher, wonderful woman, assigned it in seventh or eighth grade and I thought "here we go". 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I was pleased to find four useful references,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-8-john-roe-on-lucrece-and-julius-caesar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-8-john-roe-on-lucrece-and-julius-caesar</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:25:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFv8SAfXnf1fT3rhFumFNXe58KwaCjvXmtbkXRuKV6uo1EiJtPpjunApMQVvZQ5dH1KMqidEWMpdMwoc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 7: "Wretched"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The theme of my paper is on the lines spoken by Brutus in stanza 261, towards the end of the poem: Thy wretched wife mistook the matter so, To slay herself, that should have slain her foe. Today, I checked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-7-wretched</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@hirohurl/machiavelli-shakespeare-and-the-rape-of-lucrece-research-notes-7-wretched</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFvVK7qmkkkV5tUgTmQsnFjmE85UFvM6rEfJJnbfmtJ7YzNK7sm8dRQDXFAeeFMfFCZjAsSgKut59Qpe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Rape of Lucrece: Research Notes 6: Plutarch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proposal Accepted! My proposal to read a paper on Brutus' response to the suicide of Lucrece in Shakespeare's "Rape of Lucrece" has been accepted. 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