Charlottesville Words

• The sentences of Sarah Palin, diagrammed. – By Kitty Burns Florey – Slate Magazine
  "There are plenty of people out there—not only English teachers but also amateur language buffs like me—who believe that diagramming a sentence provides insight into the mind of its perpetrator. The more the diagram is forced to wander around the page, loop back on itself, and generally stretch its capabilities, the more it reveals that the mind that created the sentence is either a richly educated one—with a Proustian grasp of language that pushes the limits of expression—or such an impoverished one that it can produce only hot air, baloney, and twaddle." Proustian or twaddlian? You decide.
• The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II The Seed of Banquo by Noah Lukeman
  "An original play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II picks up where Shakespeare's Macbeth left off, imagining a resolution to the witches’ original prophecy that “the seed of Banquo” will become kings. Written in blank verse, adhering to the traditional Shakespearean five-act structure, it is executed in the form of what would be a faithful sequel. Forthcoming from Pegasus Books in hardcover in October 2008."

  Macbeth II? Now that takes some guts.

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