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    that love them unconditionally, despite these things. Shakespeare is a prime example of someone that chooses to ignore flaws, and love someone completely. In Shakespeare's Sonnet 130, he uses a comparison of the beauty of worldly things to his mistress and her flaws. Shakespeare uses a blunt and sincere tone to express to his readers that even though his mistress has imperfections, he loves her as she is and his love for her is true. Shakespeare uses a blunt tone throughout all three quatrains to

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    the beloved’s attributes would be depicted through metaphorical comparison or conceits, often to elements of nature. Such comparisons demonstrate that the beloved’s attributes are so sublime that they elevate her to metaphysical proportions – she would seem divine and metaphysical. In “Sonnet 130”, Shakespeare mocks common Petrarchan conceits and rejects describing his beloved using conventional blazon imagery. Instead, Shakespeare portrays his lover in contrast to Petrarchan images of beauty within

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    The speaker’s mistress is not introduced or addressed as herself; instead the use of a descriptive tone allows the reader to picture exactly how she would look. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” is a simile used to start the poem (Shakespeare 1) . He is comparing her eyes to the sun, but in a way in which she doesn’t come close to resembling it. Because the sun is one of the most valuable components to everyday life, the speaker uses this simile to demonstrate the unrealistic expectations

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    what they are about to encounter throughout the sonnet. In this work Shakespeare is simply mocking the work of writers like Petrarch, and we as readers love it. Metaphors making comparisons to nature are often used to show the beauty of something when writing. William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130,” makes the same comparisons, however he makes the metaphors in favor of the natural features rather than his mistress. Shakespeare isn’t being rude to his mistress by doing so; he is taking things at face

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    imperfections. He addresses her as if she cannot compare to the ideal appearances women are expected to look like in that of the natural world. The comparisons Shakespeare addresses highlight aspects of nature, such as snow (3)or coral (2) yet; each comparison proves to be unflatteringly about his mistress. However, in the final rhyming couplet, Shakespeare claims his love for his mistress by professing; that even though his mistresses has a great deal of flaws, he accepts them and loves her as much

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    “Hamlet” and “Twelfth Night” are two Shakespeare plays of complete opposites. Due to one being written as a tragedy, and the other as a comedy, many comparisons can be drawn between the two plays, on themes and motifs that develop throughout the plays. One of the themes that is easily recognisable in the early stages of both plays, is that of deceit and disguise. In “Hamlet”, we learn early on that Hamlet decides to act as a madman in order to try and weed out a confession from his uncle about the

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    Collins’s “Sonnet” satirically defy those typical sonnets. However both poems differ, as Shakespeare follows the standard English sonnet style and parodies the classic subject of love to show how ridiculous and idealistic love sonnets can be; while Collins on the other hand, breaks free from those stern sonnet rules to joke about the strictness of sonnet structures to define typical sonnet rules. Shakespeare follows the English style of sonnets, while Collins partially follows the Petrarchan style

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    Renowned British writer, William Shakespeare, in one of his most popular works, Hamlet, chronicles the growing suspicion and the eventual fatal confrontation between uncle and nephew. Within the first few pages, such contention is made apparent through the interactions between the two and Hamlet’s disclosure of his attitude regarding his uncle. He declares, “Tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely,” in an effort to characterize Claudius as the

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    English poet William Shakespeare pokes fun at the unrealistic standards of beauty that, unfortunately, many still use to judge women. Through most of the poem, Shakespeare uses metaphors and comparisons to illustrate his mistress. The poem begins with Shakespeare comparing his mistress’ eyes to the sun. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," he says, suggesting they are not bright or unique, contrary to what society would consider ideal (Shakespeare, 1). Then, Shakespeare claims that coral is

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    In Antony’s short speech he is able to manipulate the whole entire crowd with simple techniques. Through repetition and comparison, the reader is shown what power it truly has over a crowd. In literature, the act of repetition enforces an idea. When writing Julius Caesar, Shakespeare had the same idea. In order to portray empathy and a sense of loyalty, Antony repeats the word friends. Antony starts off by saying to the people, “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a flood

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