Shakespeare’s Political Lessons

Measure for Measure

Beware the sanctimonious when they make laws. Scratch a moralist, and you will find a hypocrite.

King Lear

Majesty is delusional, power is blind. However grand, we are but one step away from “a poor, bare, forked animal.”

Julius Caesar

If a hero is about to kill liberty, is it right or wise to whack him first?

Henry IV, Part II

No high office is ever reached without something that guarantees insomnia. “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”