Shakespeare and the Empty Nest

Shakespeare had something to say about every subject, though what he had to say was mediated through the voices of characters who were sometimes shameless liars. However, so insightful and articulate is even the worst Shakespearean character, that striking thoughts about almost any subject can be found by sifting through the Bard’s plays. Even thoughts about the dreaded empty nest.

Shakespeare and his Elizabethan contemporaries might have been puzzled by modern parents’ grief and trepidation...