![]() ![]() There is not much difference between these two kinds of elves and humans, except for the fact that the Dokkalfar cannot endure the sun, having spend many ages living underground. The Alfar are divided into two groups, the Ljosalfar or Light Elves and the Dokkalfar or Dark Elves. ![]() Existing along with the Scipling realm, in the same place, but on a different plane, is the Alfar or elven realm. The cultural state of the Sciplings is similar to that of the Scandinavians during the Dark Ages. The main hero is a human or Scipling from a land called Skarpsey. The books are placed within the context of Boyer's previous books, The Sword and the Satchel, The Elves and the Otterskin, The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart, and The Wizard and the Warlord. Wizard's War is composed of four books, The Troll's Grindstone (1986), The Curse of Slagfid (1989), The Dragon's Carbuncle (1990), and The Lord of Chaos (1991). ![]() Originally Published in Beyond Bree, December 1992 ![]()
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Since Macbeth speaks fully a third of the drama’s lines, and Lady Macbeth’s role is truncated, Shakespeare’s design upon us is manifest. It is as if Bloom dedicated himself to transform Shakespeare and his modern audience into skeptical nihilists in his own image.īloom’s comments on Macbeth illustrate the reasons for my equally deep admiration and antipathy: “Why are we are unable to resist identifying with Macbeth? He so dominates his play that we have nowhere else to turn. ![]() ![]() How then can he be an enemy? Because his anti-Christian bias is omnipresent and blatant. His writing is brilliant, his knowledge of things Shakespearean encyclopedic, and the insights he offers may puzzle, startle, or amaze, but they always educate. 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