Monthly Archives: December 2011

by Dennis Abrams SONNET 40 Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all; What hast thou then more than thou hadst before? No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call; All mine was thine before thou … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Part Two Acts Four and Five by Dennis Abrams ———– One take on Cade’s rebellion: From the prevalent Elizabethan point of view, which Shakespeare shared, Cade and other like him were traitors pure and simple propagators of vicious … Continue reading →

King Henry VI, Part Two Acts Four and Five By Dennis Abrams ———————————– Act Four:  While on his way to a life in exile, Suffolk is murdered at sea by the ships captain and crew in revenge for Gloucester’s death … Continue reading →

with Dennis Abrams For your holiday reading, I thought you’d enjoy this look at Shakespeare’s education from Jonathan Bate’s book Soul of the Age:  A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare: “The hour at which he crept, willingly or … Continue reading →

King Henry VI, Part Two Act Three By Dennis Abrams ————— Act Three:  Gloucester’s enemies begin to make their move.  Queen Margaret denounces him in parliament and he is blamed for the loss of the remaining French territories.  Arresting his … Continue reading →

 Henry VI, Part Two Act Two By Dennis Abrams ———————- Act Two:  Out hawking with the King and Queen, Gloucester and Winchester continue their argument when they are interrupted by a man who claims that his blindness has been cured … Continue reading →

King Henry VI, Part Two Act One By Dennis Abrams ——————————— Let me start including this:  A list of characters: LANCASTRIANS King Henry VI of England and France Queen Margaret, Henry’s wife William de la Pole, Marquis (later Duke) of … Continue reading →

Shakespeare Sonnet #30 By Dennis Abrams ———————————- SONNET 30 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Part One Act Five By Dennis Abrams ——————————————- Act Five:  A deal for peace is made between England and France, on the condition that Henry agrees to marry the Earl of Armagnac’s daughter.  But before that can take … Continue reading →

Henry VI, Part One Act Four By Dennis Abrams —————— Act Four:  Henry’s triumphal coronation is cut short with news of Burgundy’s treason, and things go from bad to worse when he is called upon to mediate yet another quarrel … Continue reading →