Love, And Platotic Aspects Of Love By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare examines love in two different ways in Sonnets 116 and 130. In the first, love is treated in its most ideal form as an uncompromising force (indeed, as the greatest force in the universe); in the latter sonnet, Shakespeare treats love from a more practical aspect: it is viewed simply and realistically without ornament. Yet both sonnets are justifiable in and of themselves, for neither misrepresents love or speaks of it slightingly. Indeed, Shakespeare illustrates two qualities of love in the two sonnets: its potential and its objectivity. This paper will compare and contrast the two sonnets by Shakespeare and show how they represent two different attitudes to love.

Although the major early modern writers scorned the Petrarchan poetic construct, in this work Shakespeare utilizes it to tell a story about more than just tragic and miserable love. He illustrates that this construction of love, is not actually love and in fact can be easily exploited. It is Shakespeare’s critique of Petrarchanism, that also allowed him to demonstrate other issues of current

Within sonnet 116, Shakespeare personifies the abstract noun of love when he states ‘Whose worth’s unknown’. Through personifying his ideology of true love, it makes it increasingly

In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare employs a Petrarchan conceit to immortalize his beloved. He initiates the extended metaphor in the first line of the sonnet by posing the rhetorical

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the behavior of these two “star crossed lovers” can be explained by the science of love. Most importantly, in analyzing Juliet’s behavior. Specifically in explaining Juliet’s falling in love with Romeo so quickly. After having one conversation with Romeo, she declares to him that she loves him saying, “I must confess/... My true love’s passion” (II.ii.111-113).

Shakespeare’s dramas deal with timeless themes such as e.g. love and hate, life and death, in a fairytale-y way, with a pinch of intricate entanglements, in such a way that makes the classical Greek love triangle seem trite. The language in the 400-year-old text is at once lyrical and hard-hitting, providing with a liveliness that still affects the present day reader. Shakespeare’s significance in the history of literature is invaluable, and his style has influenced authors since the 1600s. Not only has his works been a source of inspiration

Love. In all its facets and colors, love is understood and accepted as a concept by even the most primitive cultures. But what is love? Many writers have debated this subject. Many works have been produced detailing the understanding individuals had of the concept of love.

rather do I not in painest truth tell you I do not, nor I cannot love

What is love? Is it an object? Is it a feeling? Is it even attainable? Love is everything, it is an object, it is an emotion, and it cannot be bought, stolen, given. Love can only be found. Love is discovered in the most unthinkable places during the most unimaginable times. It can never be predicted who you fall in love with or when you do but all you do know is that you are in love and you would give anything for that person, and for your love to always stay resilient through all other obstacles and distractions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Montague’s and Capulet’s are know and expected to hate each other until the miracle of love presented its self. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They both fell in love when

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers experience misfortune all caused by their lust and hastiness. The play talks about the two star crossed lovers trying to have their love blossom into something beautiful. Even though the lovers are around age thirteen and completely grasp the concept of love in relationships. Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party, after that moment they are inseparable. Like all long lasting relationships, the lovers bump into each other and the next day they are married. From the start the lovers have opposition, whether that be from their families or their impatient nature. Romeo and Juliet claim to be in love, even though Romeo yearned to be with Rosaline, Juliet and Romeo only recently met, and they both jump to conclusions.

In the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, a literary technique known as “doubling” is used to convey entertainment, mystery and reality as the story line for Lysander and Demetrius, Helena and Hermia, Oberon and Theseus, and Titania and Hippolyta. ”Doubling” shows indistinguishable personalities of each character but completely contrapositive background stories and actions. Lysander and Demetrius are completely identical except for their personality, actions, and the fact that Egeus and Theseus do not approve of Lysander as Hermia’s spouse. Helena and Hermia are very alike except for the minor differences in their appearances. The third doubling relationship is shown in between the rulers of the different worlds who are Oberon and Theseus as well as Titania and Hippolyta. Throughout the play, three pairs of people who are all tantamount to each other in appearance but completely different in actions continue to have comedic and humorous scenes while hidden clues along the way disclose information to unveil a delightful and realistic story.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has been a world famous play for years. Romeo and Juliet are known as star-crossed lovers by the public eye. The play is about two young adults that are part of two families who have a rivalry. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and instantly believe they are in love. Their love is forbidden, but they claim it is too strong to be broken. The next day a secret wedding takes place Shortly after the wedding, Romeo kills Juliet's cousin and is banished from their city. Juliet fakes her death because she wants to be with Romeo. Romeo kills himself to be with Juliet because he is unaware that Juliet is not dead. Juliet wakes up too late, and has no other choice but to kill herself to be with Romeo. Romeo and Juliet’s love happened too fast, love that happens too quickly leads to a lack of understanding the other person and someone second-guessing their feelings.

The movie that is being compared to a story here is one of the all-time best. The main theme portrayed in "Shakespeare in Love" is a love that is never meant to be. "Shakespeare in Love" parallels the play Shakespeare is currently working on, Romeo and Juliet, in which love is not meant to be due to the many obstacles in the way. Shakespeare's life in the film is very comparable to Romeo's life in Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare's life in the film and the play he is writing has several similarities and differences. In my opinion, this is one of the best movies and books to compare.

The poets of the Renaissance, however, did not neglect the physicality of love, and wrote about passion in several of their sonnets. As critic Robert H. Deming asserts, commenting John Donne’s Elegies, “Love of a celestial kind is love of the virtuous and beautiful woman … who is the first step up the Platonic ladder to love of an absolute, static kind. But this love is fit only for souls … hardly fit for bodies” (396). An example of the importance of physical desire is given in the sequence of 108 sonnets of “Astrophil and Stella” by Sir Philip Sidney. The protagonists of the sonnets are Astrophil, a young boy, and Stella, the girl he loves. Her name refers to a celestial dimension since the word “stella” means “star” in English. Nevertheless,

Shakespeare, who wrote the sonnets in 1609, expresses his own feelings through his greatest work of literature. The theme of love in the poems reflect thoughts from the Renaissance period. Love is one of many components of Shakespeare’s life shown in the sonnets. Love can be defined in many ways other than a strong affection for a lover. In Shakespeare’s sonnets, the concept of love can be seen through many uncommon means such as the love of life before death in “Sonnet 73,” love in marriage in “Sonnet 116,” love through sexual desire in “Sonnet 129,” and love through nature in “Sonnet 130,” proving that love can be expressed through many different feelings and emotions.