What we honestly have is ancient testimony, not “medical proof.What the ancient sources actually sayTwo major biographers written well after Caesar’s death report episodes that sound like seizures:Suetonius (writing...

The Caesar Shakespeare gives us is not a cardboard tyrant. That’s important. If Caesar were obviously monstrous, the play would become an easy sermon: “Kill the tyrant and save the republic.” But Shakespeare refuses the easy version. He make...

Macbeth is not hard. It’s human.Here’s the whole play in one simple truth:Macbeth made Macbeth.Let me say that again:The witches tempt. Lady Macbeth pressures. But Macbeth chooses.They light matches all around him—but Mac...

Macbeth’s tragedy ends when fear disappears—not because he becomes brave, but because he becomes numb and falsely certain.Now let’s locate ourselves.HOST:We’re in the final stretch.Act 4 Scene 1: Macbeth returns t...

HOST (George):In Macbeth, evil rarely arrives waving a pitchfork; it arrives wearing a suit and offering a reasonable argument that elections are no longer necessary.That’s how it works in public life—and it’s how it works in this pl...