Bardisms (49 page)

news in, 210

wedding rings in, 110

wit in, 166

mercy.
See also
compassion, in justice

in
The Merchant of Venice
, 164–66

The Merry Wives of Windsor
, 40

apologies in, 175

Metamorphoses
(Ovid),
47
,
77

meter,
xxix–xxxii

iambic pentameter,
xxx–xxxiii

Michaels, Al,
63

middle age, 157–60

death and, 158

in
King Lear
, 158–59

in
Othello
, 157

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
, 9–12, 26

adversity in love in, 116–17

antithesis in,
218

change of seasons in, 217–20

death in,
235

varied interpretations of,
11–12

wedding vows in, 109

work in,
147
, 150

Miles Gloriosus (The Braggart Soldier)
(Plautus),
123

military, in Shakespeare works,
122–25

real-life inspirations for,
122–23

Miller, Arthur,
210

mothers,
23–26

absence of, in Shakespeare works,
23

love for,
24–25

protection by,
25–26

Mountjoy, Christopher,
161

Mountjoy, Mary,
161

Moussaoui, Zacarias, 163

Much Ado About Nothing
, xxxi,
122
,
169
,
222

distinction in battle in, 127

jealousy in,
117

toothaches in, 203–4

music composition, for lullabies,
10–11

natural cures, 206–7

natural sciences,
6–7
,
48

natural stresses, in iambic pentameter,
xxxiii

newborns,
4–5
,
7–12

in
King Lear
,
4–5

in
Sonnet 3
, 8

news,
210–12

in
Antony and Cleopatra
, 211

bad, 212

good, 212

in
The Merchant of Venice
, 210

New Years Day, 64–66

New York Post
, 132

New York Times
,
xxii

Nicholson, Jack,
121

North, Thomas,
141

The Norton Shakespeare
,
xix

nostalgia, in old age,
192–93

in
Henry IV, Part II
, 192–93

in
Romeo and Juliet
, 192

in
The Taming of the Shrew
, 192

old age,
186–95
.
See also
tributes, during old age

fitness during, 193–95

grandparenthood in,
195–97

in
Henry IV, Part II
, 191

with infirmity,
205

nostalgia in,
192–93

in
The Tempest
,
205

“O Mistress Mine,”
95

O’Neal, Shaquille,
60

Othello
, xx–xxi

aging in, 159–60

death in,
227

declarations of love in, 82–83

jealousy in, 117–18

making love in, 97

middle age in, 157

reputation in, 130–31

Ovid,
47–48
, 77

Oxford English Dictionary
, 218

The Oxford Shakespeare
,
xix

Papp, Joseph,
37

parties,
179–85
.

See also
hosts, welcome from

in
Antony and Cleopatra
, 179–81

buzzkills at,
183–85

in
Henry VIII
, 179

hosts and, welcome from,
181–83

in
Romeo and Juliet
,
179

in
The Taming of the Shrew
,
179

in
As You Like It
, 179

The Passionate Pilgrim
, 88

Pericles
, 24

death of loved ones in, 235

futility of health care in, 207

storms in, 214–16

Phelps, Michael,
61

phrasing,
xxxiii–xxxvii

enjambment and,
xxiv
n

with verse lines, xxxiii–xxxvii

Physician’s Desk Reference
,
206

Plautus,
123

Plutarch,
141

poetic justice, in
Hamlet
, 162–63

poetic love,
85–91

Porter, Cole, 84–85

prayers, for soldiers,
127–29

in
All’s Well That Ends Well
, 128–29

prose, verse v.,
xxix

prosody,
2–3

rain, 214

The Rape of Lucrece
,
89
,
209–10

failure of medical professionals in, 208

Reagan, Ronald,
52
,
234

reflection, in old age,
192–93

through tributes,
197–202