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Papers On Sonnets
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Shakespeare's Bisexual Sonnets
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In Shakespeare's sonnet eighteen he
seems to be writing to a woman. In sonnet twenty, however, it is a man
to whom Shakespeare addresses his sentiments of love and desire. This
5 page paper explores the implications of the different perspective of
the two sonnets. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTskprgy.wps
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Sexuality
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This 13 page paper discusses Shakespeare's sonnets, specifically numbers 18 and 130, with regard to the sexuality found therein. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVSonnet.rtf
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 118
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This 5 page report discusses
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 118 that begins with the words “Like as, to
make our appetites more keen.” Sonnet 118 may be dismissed as
only dealing with appetites associated with sexual obsession and
gluttony. The imagery of food such as “being full,” “sweetness,”
“bitter sauces,” and “feeding” establishes a sense of satiation
or over-indulgence. As a result of that over-indulgence, the poet
compares the need to purge in order to avoid getting sick to the
need to escape the “cloying sweetness” of the person with whom he
is obsessed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWson118.wps
Shakespeare/ Sonnet 147
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Shakespeare's Sonnet 147, "My love is a fever, longing still." The writer argues that Shakespeare makes use of an extended metaphor that compares the love he harbors for an unnamed woman to an insidious disease. The terminology of disease gives Shakespeare a far different vocabulary from the one that is typically employed to describe love, but serves Shakespeare's purposes well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khson147.rtf
Shakespeare/Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
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A 3 page essay that explicates this Shakespearean sonnet. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khshson18.rtf
Shakespeare/Sonnet 34
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A 4 page essay/research paper that offers several interpretations of Shakespeare's meaning in this poignant poem. The writer then chooses from among these interpretations and argues that a homoerotic interpretation makes the most sense. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khson34.rtf
Shakespeare/Sonnet 73
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A 3 page explication of “Sonnet 73” by William Shakespeare. In addition to his plays, Williams Shakespeare is famous for his beautiful sonnets. In “Sonnet 73” Shakespeare presents three metaphors that collectively show his gradual acceptance of his progression towards death. Each metaphor illustrates his understanding and conceptualization of death, and culminates in an appeal that the recipient of the poem will allow this knowledge to make his love for the poet stronger as death will surely soon part them. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khson73.rtf
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