Bardisms (51 page)

Stubbes, Philip, 155

swimming,
61

The Taming of the Shrew
, xx, 43, 44,
92

antithesis in,
47

choice of study in, 46–48

nostalgia in, in old age, 192

parties in,
179

thanks in, 173

work in,
147

The Tempest
, xiv, 12, 62,
175–76
, 214

age with infirmity in,
205

as autobiographical,
175–76

death in,
224–25

declarations of love in, 81

fitness in, 59–60

jealousy in,
117

refusal of formal schooling in, 45

thanks in, 173

as tragicomedic work,
215

wedding toasts and, 104–7

thanks, 172–74

Thanksgiving,
67–68

Theobald, Lewis,
119

theophanies,
15

Thorpe, Thomas,
89

threats of violence,
136–37

in
King Lear
, 137

response to, 138–39

Tilley, Morris,
136

Titus Andronicus
, 197

toasts, for weddings,
100–107

toothaches, 203–4

tributes, during old age,
197–202

for females,
201–2

in
Henry IV, Part I
, 198–99

in
Henry VI, Part III
, 201–2

for males,
198–201

in
Measure for Measure
, 199–201

in
Titus Andronicus
, 197

Troilus and Cressida
,
85

jealousy in,
117

kissing in,
93

Twain, Mark,
52

Twelfth Night
,
60
,
92
,
113

death in,
226

kissing in, 94–96

party buzzkills in, 183–85

thanks in, 173

work in,
148

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
, 49–51

jealousy in,
117

marriage in, 98

The Two Noble Kinsmen
,
175

death in, 228

unrequited love,
77

Valentine’s Day,
66–67

Van Doren, Mark, 143–44

Variorum Shakespeare
,
118–19
, 136

Venus and Adonis
, 76–77,
89
,
209

verse

iambic pentameter in,
xxx–xxxiii

phrasing with,
xxxiii–xxxvii

prose v.,
xxix

victory, in war,
139–41

in
Cymbeline
,
141

in
Henry IV, Part II
, 140

in
Julius Caesar
, 140

in
Love’s Labour’s Lost
,
141

in
As You Like It
,
140

violence,
134–39
.
See also
threats of violence

revenge and,
134–36

as threat,
136–37

Waiting for Godot
(Becket),
5

Walken, Christopher,
177

war

in
All’s Well That Ends Well
, 125

defeat after,
141–42

distinction in battle,
127

victory in,
139–41

War of the Roses, 201

Washington Post
,
66

weather,
213–20

changing seasons and,
216–20

cold, 213

global warming and,
217–18

hot, 213

in
Macbeth
, 213

rain, 214

in Springtime, 213–14

storms, 214–16

wedding rings

in
The Merchant of Venice
, 110

during vows, 110

weddings,
100–115

celebrations of joy after,
107–9

vows,
109–15

in
As You Like It
, 100, 108–9

wedding toasts,
100–107

Cymbeline
and, 107

Sonnet 116
as, 100–105

in
The Tempest
, 104–7

wedding vows,
109–15

endless love as part of,
111–15

exchange of rings during, 110

in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
, 109

Weinstein, Jack,
225

well-behaved children,
40–41

Wilde, Oscar,
89

Wilkins, George,
215

Williams, Brian,
211

The Winter’s Tale
, 8, 14, 20–22, 41