In exposing our leaders' fallibility, it's natural to invoke Shakespeare but that crowns them with borrowed grandeur. A better reference point would be Dryden's brand of mock-heroic satireAt a time of crisis, we always reach for Shakespearean parallels. "Et tu, Brute" was the headline in one paper last week as Boris Johnson was metaphorically stabbed by his former colleague, Michael Gove. I've also seen Johnson (like…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM on July 5, 2016