CHANGING CONCEPT OF LOVE FROM SHAKESPEARE TO ELIZABETHAN
REFRENCES: * SONNET 116 BY SHAKESPEARE. * WHEN YOU ARE OLD BY W.B YEATS.
Shakespeare: William Shakespeare was an English poet,playwright and actor,widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. Sonnets were the last of Shakespeare’s non dramatic works to be printed. Period was English renaissance.
W.B YEATS
W.B yeats was an irish poet and one foremost figures of the 20th century. He was a symbolist poet, in that he used allusive imagery and symbolism structures throughout his career.
THEME
SONNET 116: In this sonnet,the theme is the poem.Shakespeare presents an argument,forcing
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Love is personified in the last stanza, and the poem flows smoothly by virtue of its simple rhyme scheme creating a sad reflexive atmosphere.
EXAMPLES USED IN SONNET 116.
SONNET 116: Main example is of lighthouse. No matter how great the storm, the light house is the constant point of trust that a sailor may come back in a storm. Shakespeare compares a health loving relationship to a lighthouse providing stability and encouraging light. Also the strong couple, friend or family faces storms and does not run from when, realizing that storms die out .When weathered storms are a catalyst for making us stronger.
Before modern navigational techniques were developed,sailors would use the stars for navigation. They could trust the stars to be consistent every day. Here Shakespeare compares the constant dependable star to a lover. This is the basis of trust. True lovers completely trust each other and know their love will stay
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Love doesn’t alter with the brief hours and weeks. Acc. to Shakespeare, this would be a strong oath for Shakespeare who was incredibly prolific writer, and certainly men have loved. Mainly Shakespeare is trying to answer the universal question. “what is love”.Acc. to Shakespeare true love should be loyal to each other, should never admit or allow anything to hinder their love or come between them.whatever the situation is, true love love cant be changed for each other.whether its spiritual, mental or physical change, those who love each other,they don’t change their minds about each other.true love is defined as the adherence of two hearts, even if the person becomes more distant,true love remains the same and eternal.shakespeare express that in order of succession, their comes a lot of physical changes in beauty, but the true love doesn’t change with the beauty, time is personified in this poem and Shakespeare only believes in inner
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Lilly McMullen English 2 Cluster Gillette 03-17-16 Shakespeare? William Shakespeare is a famous playwright, poet and actor. He is most widely known for his plays Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Hamlet. He is also known for his famous sonnets.
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