Institute of Art and Ideas(@IAI_TV):Shakespeare is often hailed as the ultimate master of words. Yet his plays return again and again to the moments where language fails. https://t.co/D0TQCv66J9 Simon Palfrey argues that Shakespeare purposefully pushed language to its breaking point to show that our deepest experiences, like grief, desire, shame, and death, cannot be put into words.

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2026.09.17 15:30

Shakespeare is often hailed as the ultimate master of words. Yet his plays return again and again to the moments where language fails. Simon Palfrey argues that Shakespeare purposefully pushed language to its breaking point to show that our deepest experiences, like grief, desire, shame, and death, cannot be put into words.