Category: Doc White’s Corner

Comedy, the conflict of the individual verses society, rules this fourth act. The story now shifts to Bohemia, and we get a sense that this

The first three acts of The Winter’s Tale contain the tragedy of the play. The final two acts, based on the principles of comedy, resolve

The last four plays of Shakespeare’s career are his romances (Pericles, Cymbeline, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale.) In these plays he sums up all he has learned about

Conversion is a two-step process: restore the humanity in the person to help them reconnect to the world, then connect them to God. Restore man

William Shakespeare was not a courageous man, and subject to human frailty. When he married Anne Hathaway, she was already pregnant. She was eight years

For many, Shakespeare’s faith is inconsequential: for Catholics it is important. His lineage proves his Catholicism. His paternal grandfather, Richard, worked on the estate of

How should a Catholic relate to art? The Church has always had an uneasy relationship with the arts. She recognizes the capacity of the arts

This is a question and answer session. Opera is an acquired taste, it takes time and effort to learn and appreciate. It helps to see

Dr. Samuel Johnson said that opera is the most irrational of all the arts. The human voice is forced to do things it is not

Opera as an art form is a relative newcomer, making its first appearance at the end of the sixteenth century. Its origins were an attempt