(Shmoop Editorial Team)Throughout the sonnet there is use of imagery, for example “It is the star” emphasizing that love will guide you. Through the duration of the sonnet love being permanent is exaggerated greatly. Shakespeare emphases how true love always preserves, despite any obstacles that may arise, “Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks”. Inferring from this, we can tell he is trying to get across that even if the circumstance or person changes, love never dies. Sonnet 116 uses repeated pairs of words, “love is not love”, “alters when alteration finds” suggesting it is to be like “couples” and to also further emphasize the theme of love in the sonnet.
For instance beauty fading with time and also trust fading. A large variety of images fill the mind in each and every one of Shakespeares sonnets, but images cannot appear without the words that make them out to be. The vocabulary and diction that Shakespeare uses in both sonnets are especially effective in describing love, from star to every wandering bark to age in love, loves not to have years told, the words tell a different story about a common topic of love. Sonnet 116 does a softer, more delicate take on love whereas in Sonnet 138, the poem uses euphemisms, namely false- speaking tongue and And in our faults by lies we flattered be. Certainly not portraying love in its finest moment, neither is it a flagrant insult on the emotion.
When my love swears that she is made of truth By William Shakespeare From the title, “When my love swears that she is made of truth” the reader can immediately tell the poem will be about a man speaking of his lovers claim of truthfulness. In reality the poem goes further to reveal the imperfect relationship between the speaker and his lover based upon lies that the both of them are aware of and continue their misunderstood relationship.That being said, this poem suggests the theme that we must be willing to accept our paramours faults in order to love them. Based upon the atypical theme and the use of imagery and subjective diction help paint a portrait in the readers mind of the situation unfolding before them, giving off the hint of a conflicting tone between loveless and lovestruck as seen in line fourteen “And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be”. To further set up the dual sided poem, Shakespeare also makes use of dual meaning words such as lie, which can either mean to not tell the truth, or to have relations with one-another. However, do not be fooled by the eloquent words of the literary master known as William Shakespeare, this is not a poem of a mans love for his mistress, rather, it is an explanation.
Characterisation: Dr. Seward. His role in this chapter: Much of what happens in this section involves him – whether it is having to deal with Renfield or trying to surmount with the fact that Lucy, his love, chose his close friend instead of him. Much of these chapters are from his pinot of view, which we read from his diary. Major contributions to the text: From when we first meet Seward as a man who seems dispirited with his rejection from Lucy, we find that he is a strong character. He does not be jealous or angry of the situation, even though he still loves Lucy but instead invited Holmwood over for a drink!
Drayton’s theme is typical Petrarchan a lover's passion and pangs for his mistress who is not responsive and love. Because of this technique, Drayton is also found to be a follower of Shakespeare. This may be the reason of this sonnet’s rhyme scheme which is ABABCDCDEFEFGG just like in Shakespearean sonnets. The metrical exception in line 1 “SINCE there|” stresses the fact that there is no hope for the persona to regain his lost love, so he has finally accepted his fate, and possibly that’s the reason why he’s writing the poem couching his feelings into the sonnet. This poem has a very clear structure: quatrain 1, quatrain 2, quatrain 3 and a couplet.
Throughout the play, Shakespeare indicates the wisdom of the Duke and his comparison to James I. Duke Vincentio is viewed by other characters as a ‘worthy’ leader who comforts and counsels others. This is evident when the Duke comforts Isabella and offers her his hand and plan. He gets ‘satisfaction’ from her ‘benefit’ by helping save her brother. The Duke asks Isabella to ‘fasten her ear’ on his ‘advising’s’, showing that he is a willing and giving prince, who is willing to help those who desire it. The ‘love’ he has in ‘doing good’ is evident as he helps Claudio in redeeming his life, by helping Isabella, and those who are in distress.
For example the healthy romantic love between Jack and Annabel and the toxic love of Romeo and Juliet that led them both to taking their lives. Love is healthy in ‘Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair’ when Jack starts a relationship with Annabel. This love is healthy as they are open about their feelings and problems aswell as the fact that there are no lies and secrets just pure honesty which is what a healthy relationship is all about. They are both on equal playing fields and they are both benefiting from their relationship equally. For example in the poem Annabel and the ghost she says ‘Im not scared, or embarrassed, I’m excited, he is telling me about the ghost, I can see who she is and it makes perfect sense.’ This quote shows the fact that she does understand and can help Jack with his problems.
The image of Benedick "wast[ing] inwardly" is used playfully as the audience know it isn't true. Perhaps Shakespeare has include this image of a lovesick Benedick to further satirise the type of love so meaningfully presented in Petrarchan poetry. This contrasts sharply with the nature of Romeo and Juliet's declaration of love. Like Juliet, Beatrice also takes charge of the relationship once Benedick has sworn his love for her. However, unlike Romeo, Benedick swears his love on his hand, proving perhaps that he will prove his love through his actions, not just words.
Hamlet is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear.... We should have to understand things which Shakespeare did not understand himself." T.S. Eliot (Hamlet and His Problems) In the play Hamlet [Titles] by William Shakespeare the cast of main characters use the support given to them by the foils to enhance the play. A foil is a minor character who by simulations [?] and differences reveals character, and who, as an element of plot, is there for the more important character to talk to (vevra [sic] ).
How was “truth” constructed as a dominant theme in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138? Critiques like Alice Moore assert that Shakespeare’s use of paradox and repeated puns in his 138th sonnet effectively construct “mutual deception” as its central theme (15). While I find their points valid, I perceive a more profound subject under the lighter discussion of lies and deception. The sonnet’s conventions of diction and structure strongly amplify “truth” to be its more profound theme. By discussing their lies and deception the poet allows the readers into the hidden truths of the two key characters by the back door.