Background on William Shakespeare : The life of Shakespeare / John F. Andrews ; Shakespeare travels to London, a city of power and politics / Stephen Greenblatt ; Shakespeare's fascination with rulers / Peter Ackroyd
Tyranny in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : Julius Caesar relies on ancient Rome's complex political stage / Coppelia Kahn ; Julius Caesar is the tragedy of the Roman republic / Andrew Hadfield ; Shakespeare defines the Elizabethan aristocratic identity / Wayne A. Rebhorn ; Julius Caesar presents the anarchy-tyranny dilemma as inevitable / William Rosen and Barbara Rosen ; Shakespeare offers an alternative to state-mediated social order / Daniel Juan Gil ; Julius Caesar challenges the renaissance debate over tyrannicide / Robert S. Miola ; Shakespeare presents all characters sympathetically / Francis Fergusson ; Brutus's noble heroism is superficial / James C. Bulman ; Julis Caesar was staged both to promote and to oppose Fascist régimes / Michael Anderegg
Contemporary perspectives on tyranny : Iran elects a radical, unpredictable leader: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Kasra Naji ; A Cuban leader's vulnerable relationship with his people: Fidel Castro / Daniel P. Erikson ; Communist North Korea becomes increasingly isolated: Kim Jong Il / Richard Worth ; A Latin American leader becomes a global icon: Hugo Chávez / Moisés Naim ; Excessive power in the US executive branch / Gene Healy.
Background on William Shakespeare : The life of Shakespeare / John F. Andrews ; Shakespeare travels to London, a city of power and politics / Stephen Greenblatt ; Shakespeare's fascination with rulers / Peter Ackroyd
Tyranny in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar : Julius Caesar relies on ancient Rome's complex political stage / Coppelia Kahn ; Julius Caesar is the tragedy of the Roman republic / Andrew Hadfield ; Shakespeare defines the Elizabethan aristocratic identity / Wayne A. Rebhorn ; Julius Caesar presents the anarchy-tyranny dilemma as inevitable / William Rosen and Barbara Rosen ; Shakespeare offers an alternative to state-mediated social order / Daniel Juan Gil ; Julius Caesar challenges the renaissance debate over tyrannicide / Robert S. Miola ; Shakespeare presents all characters sympathetically / Francis Fergusson ; Brutus's noble heroism is superficial / James C. Bulman ; Julis Caesar was staged both to promote and to oppose Fascist régimes / Michael Anderegg
Contemporary perspectives on tyranny : Iran elects a radical, unpredictable leader: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad / Kasra Naji ; A Cuban leader's vulnerable relationship with his people: Fidel Castro / Daniel P. Erikson ; Communist North Korea becomes increasingly isolated: Kim Jong Il / Richard Worth ; A Latin American leader becomes a global icon: Hugo Chávez / Moisés Naim ; Excessive power in the US executive branch / Gene Healy.