Introduction

     This blog is intended to encourage involvement with one of the central figures in the development of the western literary tradition: William Shakespeare. It ties in with my previously published text, To Prove a Villain: Shakespeare's Villains, but aspires to be more than a sales pitch. Instead, the blog will attempt to gather together articles, voice recordings, pictures, videos, etc. that will help the common reader engage with Shakespeare in an enjoyable, welcoming format. Like the book, the blog will center on Shakespeare's villains, great and small. 

     Why villains? Because they are fun and fascinating, because they represent some of Shakespeare’s most vividly drawn characters, and because they invite discussion of themes such as the nature of justice and of evil that are as relevant today as they were in Shakespeare’s day. Harold Bloom, the noted Shakespeare scholar, credited Shakespeare with “inventing the human.” By this he means that Shakespeare has created characters that reflect human nature with a range of virtues and vices, filled with ambiguities and contradictions. No where is this more consistently obvious than in the villains he created. 

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