This evening, while ruminating on a betrayal of a different nature, I found myself drawn to my well-worn copy of Hamlet. By sheer chance - or perhaps some mischievous cosmic design - the tattered old volume fell open at a particular page. The margins, already adorned with the scrawled remnants of a past attempt to untangle … Continue reading To Thine Own Self..
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A Midsummer Nightmare
Marc Chagall’s painting A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a garish spectacle that fails to capture the essence of Shakespeare’s timeless play. Chagall, known for his vibrant colours and dreamlike compositions, seems to have let his whimsical tendencies run amok in this work, resulting in a piece that is as perplexing as it is unsatisfactory. Firstly, … Continue reading A Midsummer Nightmare
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