DOWLING, J., September 4, 1991.
"Out, Damned Spot!"
When reviewing the works of Shakespeare, there are moments that seem chillingly contemporary. In the first lines of Act IV, Scene i of Julius Caesar, Antony, Lepidus and Octavius are seated around a table with a list of the eminent citizens of Rome between them — deciding, in the wake of their assassination-cum-coup d'etat, who can be safely allowed to live, and who cannot:<...
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