Michalski 4 – 15.11.11
William Shakespeare - Sonnets
Sonnet
14 lines
love theme
Many of sonnets don't say to who persona refers (a boy/girl)
Some are to a young beautiful boy
Structure:
4
4
4
2 ← conclusion
Sonnet 18
He wants to compare him to sth beautiful, he compares him to nature (summer's day)
It turns out this is not enough
His beauty surpasses beauty of the nature
Beauty can be immortalized in poets
Written by young man
130
It's a parody of conventional English sonnets
Final couplet
She's not perfect, she's a human being but he still loves her
It seems to be written by a man who's been in the relationship for years, he has no illusion about perfection
138
They both know they're playing a game, he knows she lies, she knows he lies
A lot of self irony
66
Actors were considered as beggars, their position was very low