In the tragedies, the romances end with death.

In the comedies, all subplots and confusions resolve in marriage, usually several.

How do those marriages work out? Shakespeare doesn’t dwell on that.

In our age, who can believe, other than Andrew Sullivan in his paean to gay marriage, in the saving or redemptive power of matrimony? Marriage, children, responsibilty. . . sublunary existence works it’s ill on all.

Gov. Palin is providing us with an interesting drama. Who would have cast John McCain as Prospero?

Shakespeare ends Romeo and Juliet with death. But at least he didn’t end it with an abortion, after which all is happily ever after and Juliet goes to Princeton.