Authors: Barry Edelstein
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