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  1. Jan 2022
    1. also Essex's ancestor* Since his father John of Gaunt held the senior title of duke of Lancaster, Bolingbroke was created, successively, earl and duke of Hereford in right of his wife Mary, heiress of the de Bohun earldoms of Hereford and Essex* Essex's great-grandfather had been promoted from baron to Viscount Hereford in 1550 and his own father had been promoted to become ea

      I noticed that genealogy was an important factor throughout our reading

    2. on metaphor* The word "tragedy" is, in fact, by far the most frequent term by which Essex

      Our other reading assignment called Richard II a certain kind of comedy?

    3. r their own less worthy ends,49 Condemned for treasons which he had not intended (and which he believed he had not com- mitted), Essex now confessed to treasons

      This makes me think of the fliers that were sent out when JFK was visiting Dallas on his campaign trail for what (would have been) his running for re-election in 1964