Bardisms (48 page)

work in,
147

justice,
151–57
,
160–66

compassion in,
164–66

judges’ character and,
154–56

poetic,
162–63

from wisdom,
152–53

Kennedy, John F.,
233
,
250

Kennedy, Robert,
250

King John

death in, 240

grandparenthood in, 195

holidays in, 64

New Years Day and, 64–66

King Lear
, 4, 28, 49, 51, 62

antithesis in,
29

commencement addresses and,
52

death in,
226

jealousy in,
117

learning from life experiences in,
49

love for fathers in,
28–29

middle age in, 158–59

newborns in,
4–5

soldier preparedness in, 145

threats of violence in, 137

work in,
147

kissing,
93–96

in
Troilus and Cressida
,
93

in
Twelfth Night
, 94–96

Kiss Me Kate
, 84

Kline, Kevin,
177

Koppel, Ted,
127

Laine, Cleo,
95

lawyers, 162

Le Carré, John,
89

Lennon, John,
57

Leonard, Robert Sean,
177

Lewinsky, Monica,
66–67

Lincoln, Abraham,
52
, 233–34

Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
(Plutarch),
141

losing, in
Cymbeline
, 139

love,
73–81
.
See also
declarations of love; making love; weddings; wedding vows

adversity in,
116–20

as endless,
111–15

for fathers,
28–30

hope for,
83–84

jealousy v.,
117–20

in
Love’s Labor’s Lost
, 77–81

lust v.,
96

marriage proposals and,
98–99

for mothers,
24–25

in
Othello
, 82–83

through poetry,
85–91

proposals for marriage and,
98–99

in Sonnet 18, 85–87

as timeless,
102

unrequited,
77

in
Venus and Adonis
, 76–77

weddings and,
100–115

Love’s Labour’s Lost
, 68

comedians in, 167–70

love as theme in, 77–79

victory in war in,
141

lullaby,
9–12

in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
, 9–12

music composition for,
10–11

lust,
96

Lyly, John,
169

Macbeth
, xxii, 26,
40
, 49,
92

antithesis in,
xxvi

Clinton influenced by,
234–35

death as inevitable in, 230–33

death of children in,
240

Lincoln influenced by,
233–34

maternal protection in,
26

motivation in, 143

paraphrasing for,
xxiv

Reagan influenced by,
234

revenge in, 134

soldiers in,
125

weather in, 213

making love,
92–97

in
Cymbeline
, 97

kissing,
93–96

in
Measure for Measure
, 97

in
Othello
, 97

Margaret (Queen),
201

marriage, in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
, 98

marriage proposals,
98–99

engagement rings and,
98–99

Martin, Ned,
63–64

Measure for Measure
,
85

making love in, 97

thanks in, 174

tributes to older males in, 199–201

medical professionals,
203

failures of,
207–10

in
The Rape of Lucrece
, 208

memorials,
241–42
.
See also
eulogies

in
Julius Caesar
, 241

The Merchant of Venice
,
85

antithesis in,
165–66

jealousy in,
119

justice in, 160

mercy in, 164–66