Drama - The Read Well Podcast

2,400 years ago, Sophocles wrote a play that still grips us today. It’s powerful, philosophical, tragic, and fascinating. The drama is called Antigone, and it took me about an hour to read. Did I love it? Yes, I did. There are two characters to pay attention to: Antigone and Creon. Antigone wants to bury herContinue reading I Dare You to Read Antigone by Sophocles

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024

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Now is The Winter of Our Discontent

When you stop to think about it, Shakespeare really was a genius. In Richard III, we find one of literature’s most famous lines, “Now is the winter of our discontent” (Folger Shakespeare Library). Richard, who eventually becomes King Richard III, speaks this poetic and memorable phrase. Before we look at why this line is soContinue reading Now is The Winter of Our Discontent