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Speech by King Richard II

Speech by King Richard II

From Richard II, by William Shakespeare

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May 10, 2023
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One of the recurring questions raised by the greatest dramatist who ever lived, William Shakespeare, was, “What is a king?”  If we think we have done with that question, because now we have presidents and prime ministers instead of kings, we are fools.  For the king is an archetype of human existence.  In some deep sense, every father of a family is or …

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