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"Sonnet 138"
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"Sonnet 138"
A close reading of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 138".
752 words (approx. 3 pages) |
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2003
Paper Summary:
This paper briefly offers a line by line analysis of this sonnet. It shows that Shakespeare?s "Sonnet 138" revolves around a narrator who takes a somewhat witty and sarcastic approach toward the necessary infidelities involved in his marriage.From the Paper:
"The first line, "When my love swears that she is made of truth," opens with a clause, pushing the reader to find out what happens when she swears her honesty to him. The word "love" is not only in reference to his wife, but also to the fact that it is his love that is making him believe her, not her lies fooling him. The word "swears" also leads the reader to immediately question why the connotation seems so tense. The narrator then says, ?I do believe her, though I know she lies [emphasis added],? the word "do" connotes trying to convince himself of her faithfulness, fully knowing that it is not true. The word "lies" has two meanings here: the first that his wife is dishonest, and the second meaning that she lies with other men, adulterously."More papers on "Sonnet 138":
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"Sonnet 138" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Sonnet-138/45284
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""Sonnet 138"" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Sonnet-138/45284>
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