In Act 2 of Macbeth, the king lies murdered upstairs and a drunk man is laughing at the gate. Roused by knocking he can barely hear over his own hangover, the Porter imagines himself the doorman of hell, sorting souls before he lets anyone through. One arrival amuses him more than the rest. Knock, knock! […]
Tag: Iran
“He who is the author of war, lets loose the whole contagion of hell, and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.”— Thomas Paine, 1778 These are not merely times that try men’s souls. These are times that test whether we possess souls at all. We were promised an end to regime change. […]