Friday, February 10, 2006

Reading

• Richard III, Act 2

Notes

We’ll continue our discussion of Richard III. How do Richard’s mechanations progress in the second act? Think also about his use of language — in his wordplay, is he more or less effective than Iago?

Dahlia Lithwick, who writes the “Jurisprudence” column at Slate, has a great line today about the Zacarias Moussaoui trial:

When the crazy folks are the only ones speaking the truth, you’re either in a Shakespeare tragedy or Wonderland.

We haven’t heard much from the “crazy folks” yet — but just wait. They’re coming.