I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences.
Ivan Allen, Politician (1911) |
Alan Bean, Astronaut (1932) |
Wolcott Gibbs, Writer (1902) |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge (1933) |
Renny Harlin, Director (1959) |
Harold L. Ickes, Politician (1874) |
Andrew Jackson, President (1767) |
Arthur Adamov, Playwright (1970) |
Harry Callahan, Photographer (1999) |
Rachel Field, Novelist (1942) |