A while back, I posted a thread on Maureen Dowd's reading of Obama through the lens of Jane Austen. Last week, Stephen Colbert, with the help of Harvard scholar Stephen Greenblatt,offered this Shakespearean read of McCain, casting him in the role of Macbeth. Enjoy:[video][/video]

Eric Bugyis teaches Religious Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.

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