Shakespeare Sonnet One Hundred Thirty Figurative Language
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Love is in the Air.
(A Discussion on Shakespeare’s View of Love in Sonnet One Hundred Thirty)
Shakespeare writes mainly romance sonnets and play, with this there is bound to be a theme for all this love. He has many views on love in all of the sonnets, but one stands out more than the others. That sonnet is sonnet one hundred thirty. This sonnet’s views are so different than the other’s because the way that it pretty much insults her to an extreme level. But later on in the sonnet the tone completely changes into something amazing. The three messages this sonnet contains is, that love is blind, his girl is like a goddess, and that it doesn’t matter what you look like as long as someone out there loves it.
The first message I got, was that love is blind. While you read sonnet one hundred thirty you can clearly see that there are several insults in the first bunch of lines. Then, as the story progresses, you can see that he is actually saying that she is beautiful and that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about because the doesn’t…show more content… When he makes the comparison of her features, you feel a little bit offended. That Shakespeare doesn’t appreciate this woman in his life, and that he doesn’t deserve her as much as he should. But in the way he writes it, you know that he would still love her if she looked like a nasty old hag that has gross skin and an ugly voice. That he would still cherish her if she has really stinky breath and grossly pale skin. Even he says that she is rare and beautiful. That gives the imitation that Shakespeare still loves her, even though she is “rare”. He says here, “I think my love as rare as any she belied with false compare.” He thinks that she is rare, even though she compares herself to other people all the time. Obviously, it doesn’t matter how ugly you are, as long as someone else appreciates it more than you