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    In this he rights of a beautiful and powerful love that burns in him like a flame. With his silky words, he describes the great passion he feels towards this person. Martin and Shakespeare both write of burning desire which flows through their veins and from there into the paper. The love is pure and beautiful, casting away any of the negative influences that the person gives off. “… I like the way you misbehave / When we get wasted…”

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    Sogyal Rinpoche stated “When you start preparing for death you soon realize that you must look into your life now...and come to face the truth of yourself. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.” Death is imminent. Many people today fear death for various reasons. Some people are able to accept it, where others deny its existence. Some people spend their lives working towards the coming of their death, and their life thereafter, where others spend there lives doing

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    Part one: Tragic drama according to A.C. Bradley's theory of Shakespeare The substance of Shakespeare's tragedy solely points out to the power of death. In this five act play, the death of important characters suffices for the cruel reality of life. However, a completely realm is required in order to observe Shakespeare's version of tragedy. Shakespeare has used tragedy to explain on the major paradoxes of life. It can be called a Paradox of disappointment. Defeat, unfulfilled desired, failed hopes

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    William Shakespeare is a famous playwright and poet whose pieces are still well known in the modern world. Some of these well known pieces are his sonnets written about love. “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” are examples of these love poems. These sonnets convey Shakespeare’s love in different ways. “Sonnet 18” expresses superiority over another subject, and “Sonnet 130” expresses uniqueness. Although the attitudes of “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” are different, Shakespeare uses comparisons, exaggerations

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    Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets in his lifetime; the 56 sonnets being one of many. This sonnet in particular addresses a “fair youth”. Love is one of the major themes throughout the sonnets, as seen in Sonnets 1, 18, and 29, as well as many other works. Shakespeare is very well known in the literary community for his precise word choice, which often has deeper meaning than simply surface level. Throughout Sonnet 56, Shakespeare uses literary techniques such as comparison, personification, and symbolism

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    Irene Pantazis Mr. Dudley Pr Ap English III 4 December, 2015 Macbeth Research Paper When studying literature or reading a play, our attention is drawn to the protagonist or antagonist. Shakespeare directs our attention onto heroism, which can be seen across all of his plays like Macbeth or Julius Caesar. The protagonists Macbeth and Banquo conquer the evils that face them throughout the plot. However, the nature of violence that takes place throughout Shakespeare’s plays is in relation to“the

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    there. Both Shakespeare and Browning discuss their unconditional love through liberating boundaries and appearances. In Shakespeare’s “My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun”, and Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee?”, the speakers’ imagery of their love for their partners symbolizes the unconditional love each speaker possesses. Shakespeare wanted to break away from social norms while writing many of his poems. In his sonnet “My Mistress Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun”, Shakespeare changed the traditional

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    Sonnet 130 Juxtaposition

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    This is not a new concept, as William Shakespeare hints in his Sonnet 130. In the sonnet, Shakespeare uses contrast and volta to craft satire that ridicules society’s obsession with physical beauty, adequately demonstrating the necessity of disassociating feminine value with external beauty. Shakespeare uses heavy juxtaposition to illustrate his mistress at face value, a feature that went against the traditional love poem. He begins by a series of comparisons, contrasting his mistress with the natural

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    Comparisons of Shakespeare 's sonnet “Let Me Not in to the Marriage of True Minds” and Sherran 's composition “Thinking Out Loud” In the poem “Let Me Not in to the Marriage of True Minds” also known as “Sonnet 116” Shakespeare uses the theme that love endures; to articulate that in spite of obstacles, true love never expires. First, he defines love as having a decree. For example, over time circumstances and a person can change, but Shakespeare declares that love can not be influenced. After explaining

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    In Ben Johnson’s “To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us”, Johnson dictates a dramatically sycophantic poem in honor of the late William Shakespeare. With his superficial, dramatic style, Johnson unveils his own envious attitude within the unbegotten admiration he appoints throughout the poem. By complimenting Shakespeare through this ironic voice, Johnson insincerely praises Shakespeare’s legacy in a clever attempt to highlight Shakespeare’s minute

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