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The 38rd of April is commonly ascribed as the ‘oate markl your! aso. the birth oi William Shakespeare. 1t may not ooln on this date for there are s many who maintain that the bir

of the great master of li floetry took place somewhat ear-

ait: srl l r sssiivn sssswt.

er. rurtunateiy, there are some facts concerning his personal historypf which we can be certain. We know, for instance. that he was born at- Stratiord-on-Avon. tha iecl d had children there, t to London when he was twenty-three or twenty-four, that he became an actor and wrote :. that he returned to Strat- d when he was nearing fifty. ed there two or thr made hi: wi , died

led.

These are the cald facts, val‘- in chronological order. urpose. however. ‘and i this article to go something, even ethihg be necessarily ncerning Shakes are’ his place in worl liter IlUPQr-‘l-

In that world there is no name

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are. Homer broke as through the‘ dark-

? III! the greatest of heroic songs; when the gods of Ho h ed into the mists came, towered up,

less hate; and his

of heaven, and of _ shun Q

lit iilsssy

':vA~ a ‘nan

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oiid independence of action with-

883 out which no one can have any at-

tractiveness for us. We are sflffgfl BY stnmeds love for Juliet; we are not stirred by the love ol Boris for rieien. Wuen Desdemona dies, we are affected; when Ami- gone dies. we are not moved. the Greek tragedy is an sprang. _ed one. deliberate. and inevitable. Ihe gods pull the strings accord- ing to their cspricea and the char-

lcill‘! m0" in the direction they‘

are pulled. The idea that map should be free was unknown to the writers oi Greek tragedies. liven Plato believed in slavery. Oragtaa ls‘ compelled to kill his mother by Apollo. When the crime is com- mitted. ths Furies persecute Ores- !" bili- Apolio iii not punished. Aeschyius leaves the [oda ‘m. rebuked. Neither in his work, i-ior in the work of any other ancient Greek. _is there ‘room for man's free action. The steps to the scaf-

iol are counted and every little det l carefully arranged: so many

steps in so many seconds from the “it l: till: m‘? l h Bhak

ereo t _ Hamlet is niimiz. not 11gb...“ some ca riciou: god has ordained

lie ahoul act in a certain manner.

but because he is true to his own character. He has the human right to falter and to be wrong. He can hesitate or make u his mind; love or repulse Ophe is; twist and turn and offer to put his des’

away from him. He can do these things or others as he sees fit be- cause he has the one thing wltii- out which all others are useless

to a man: the right to choose. There are no del er siiachlnis in lilkyl- He puts no

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omiir. Aeschyius. Plato. Boocacclo. te, Rsbelais, Cervan-

Burns. Tennyson. . Shelley. Ibsen, Bits , hundred other: ma

command over in ' Iiach' of these and

an can - which they trans

99"" "Don ‘the limbs of his char- acters. At all times they are the

masters of their own fates.

It is true Macfleth appears to be doomed from the start. And as h. is. But Shakes are did not doom him. ilacBeth as. as Hamlet had, as Othello, Kin iaar. Caesar, Brutus. Antony, us. and Shy- lock, the Jew, iiad_-the right to choose. Even while he ls meditat- ing on the death of Duncan. Mac- Bethmdli-iits "we still have judg-

ment ‘here!

o us- ‘Ib prlc the sides of my in-

tesit. but only Vaultins ambition.”

The Secret of Ills Success The honours which the wlittch;

s prophesy will come to him e will do certain. evil deed: are gen- uine enough. but MacBeth does not have to perform the deeds. Only after he has been subjected to his wife's vitriolic tongue-lash- ing does he decide his fateful course, and even then he ha: time to withdraw. At all times, subject to the limitation: of our own, char- acter, is our own future in our own hands. "The" fault, dear Bru- tus." Cassius tells his fellow-con- snlraior ‘(and it is another sign of 8 akespeare‘: deeg knmviedge of

t at he gives the

human character words to Cassius)-

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not

in our stars,

But in ourselves, that we are

underllngs.

The truth of Cassius’ blunt state‘;

melit is clearly revealed in h

own life, for. obviously, his liti- pathy to Caesar is mean in mo- _tive. and he has not the strength

of character to rise to the plane of his great ability. He lets him- self be influenced and directed by Brutus. a man of inferior intellect but of greater character. All the misfortunes that come to Brutus and Cassius after the death of Caesar are directly traceable to the

hat it is so. But after we have made all admissions that can be made. the . mains the same:

wri ng and a human l his work which places him apart giants of literature. .

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poor judgment of Brutus. who against Cassius’ advice, allow

Antony to live and to address the Roman mob in the Forum. It was Brutus. too, who insisted on march- ing against Phiilppi when Cassius.

an sister ‘soldier. argued that: seek us:

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Personals

‘Iiho man friends of Miss Christ- ine MscMl an, Wood Islands, will reg-rat to know she is s patient in the PEI. Hospital, where she is resting comfortably after an oper-

ation.

and his works show that nmdern psychologists have discovered little which he did not know.

To those not so interested in the

ending source of delight. l-le is so lavish with ‘beautiful language that. as lightning flashes unex- pectedly from the sky. so does. he, causally and in the most unex ect- ,

almost casually from his lips:

"And her sunny locks

Hang on her temples llkr- a golden fleece.” ,

Lovely words? Note how beauti-i

describe Perth's fair hnirl Twelfth Night

Doing himself offense; while.

Shakespeare has not attained the first place in our affections out of catprlce on our part. He was not pi appointed to that position; it was . ided because it could not be denied. We may not be able to explain the reason. but to most of u: liakesoeare remains the one man who fuliv understands all the currents and eross-curruits of y on. uman life On the whole, he axe Give me excess of it; that. iresaes the truths of life» and de- iota the cross-play of huaigi

language the world ha: ever

lbw of us. once we begin to earn our own li ha. have much time to devote to his works. when one stops to realise that no man living ha: ever succeeded in ses- ina ail there is to be seen in it‘:

content with a superficial undere oer-ii oseh

ding. of." this atest. Sh k v ‘id have‘. time I gifeaatmseahiiosxgiflcr

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lines almost as rich in sensuous beauty as anything that Keats ever wrote. A less richly endowed poet would have saved them for some more important part oi the sy. But why should Shakespeare save them? If he does not, one may be sure it is not because he is tin- skilful. but because he knows there are plenty more whence those

came: ' f music be the food of love.

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‘ surfeiting. The a petite may sicken and

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That strain ageing-it had a d ng fl —' s

0, t came o'er my ear like the

sweet south. That breathes upon a bank of

ts. e and giving odour.” . wll, to the last lid Cleopatra. e

scene t‘ on? perhaps the world's reatest love play, and listen as opatra pre- s to die. Note the majesty in er words as she describes her lover to Dolabella: . "ms legs bests-id the ocean: hi ,reae'd arm Ore d the world; his voice

rti - e tuned spheres. and

meant to "quail and ahaiie the orb. was a: rattling thunder.‘

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Arid mercy then w within your lips.

as the first dram-

that which Aes- s. Euripides, Cor- nd Voltaire never

philosophy of liie but who derive atist to perceive pleasure from the melody in chylus, Sophocie

words, Shakespeare is a hever- neille, Racine. her host cheerfully

tears and laughter hiave a common n

you Pencils, mayn

horribly sticky. Do you think could possibly have a bath before m w. dinner?"

had no models upon

, d l i i- h l. H ed place: r care easy jewe s o c anne e h“ work. Chaucer

riceles: Engish. When Bassanioewhlch to lis Antonio of Portia's beautyflwss the the description of her hair (IIOpU-sors but Shakespeare hi o-f course. Her voice was drawlirig, faintly bored. "We've got some people coming in to-night. Your C. . and his wife-I thought »you like to meet them." She looked at Susan casually as though seeing her for the first time. “You'd het- ter come upstairs with me arid I show you the lay of the land."

Ageless Literature

Another striking fact

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l-Ie begins Twelfth Night Withlflhreek pe the Roman iogii. or

reveals Shakespeare.

Othello or Gobbo. butc h his his awn lii-

hard, had given to t

lost some of that be-

before lying down fo well-earned rest,

as his last gift to the us The Tempest.

Chest Cold

Both he and his dainty n: for release, and

_“i haven't met

break my sta .

Bury it cer in fathome in the earth.

And deeper than did ever

And so. wi h ‘H: his ftnsl lift tismthfi

r his bounty. There was no winter‘in't; an i autumn ‘tws:

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an his staff and died.

from tiofliing hi siis

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"Who?" Roy screwed up his eyes, puzzled.

The Bronies."

"Oh!" H01‘ host shook his hea . brueh moustache- "No. I don't know them. Haven't met them. Do they hunt?" 0313! h“ W‘! "Well," said Susan, "I'm afraid "ii-Hwy III they're dead."

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A NEW FRIEND

The colonel and hiirwife were.

to Susan's relief. slmPly 89d friendly. Completely without airs or affectatioris. they seemed to be genuinely pleased lo see her and anxious to welcome her as one of themselves.

Susan found herself before ionl

settled on the sofa for a heart-to-

ken-t talk with Mrs. She was a woman round about fif-

Fortescut.

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ty with a good figure weather-beaten face. She to know already most o history. and en ulred with interest for the baby le

ople out here have she said. "It is a pity that couldn't have had your baby here too."

s later on.’ Susan cult to make any plans, a few months’

fowlzlanid scheming and . rt

ing- -i>i.i°y.'.3°i‘€.i.$‘i‘i..' DQI forzedhin Engléaundf” ‘hook h

_ _ - m" son er head. ‘its only my husband who knew them. I think he's lmown ears. She's very good-

“Ycl." Mrs. Fortescue greed “I?! In unusual type of face. And of course she's got a lovel fl and knows how to make t

“lfsnvery kind of them

u.s up.

"Well." said the briskly. “I hope you'll your own home soon. We're all so delighted you've got out here, I Graham's been at rather a loose end without He'll be glad to get settled down."

Well. we're going to look est the

e youni married 9e

but perhaps I'll! . . . _ “Your host and hostess

“Oh, yes." Susan's face into a. smile. “You know. the bo

he's never ha husband ‘thinks a oi: of his pe the colonel too was l artistic. Susan looked t roonl at him, but sweat-shoe gave

aw”, nothing He w” u“ an l'n the room and her conversation and dark,

with ltilrs. Fortescue was off. After drinks and had been handed round usen found herself next to Mr. Barclay. d who was Mrs. For-tescue’: brother. (To be continued)

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