ertainly, sir, I can
All of Miranda's lines are very short. This plays into her role as the white woman. She is meek and does not speak up against the men she is around. This makes her a perfect woman in the eyes of the men around her.
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- Dec 2020
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- Nov 2020
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Against my will I am sent to bid you come into dinner;' there's a double meaning in that
Is this Shakespeare being kind of self aware and boasting about how most of his words have multiple meanings to them? or is it just him showing a guy looking too much into the otherwise harmless words of a girl he is interested in.
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Hero thinks surely she will die; for she says shewill die, if he love her not, and she will die, ereshe make her love known, and she will die, if he wooher, rather than she will bate one breath of heraccustomed crossness.
Use of bawdy language (die=orgasm) but also shows how madly in love Hero is. She is so in love that she thinks she might die and this shows how attracted she is to him.
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Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of Signior Leonato?
The first time agency is being taken away from either Benedick or Beatrice by people manipulating them into liking each other. While they do end up together and I think that they end up liking each other, I think as a 21st century reader it seems a little unhealthy.
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Ihad rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a manswear he loves me.
Like in midsummer, when there was some homoerotic undertones, I feel like there are some in this play. The way that both Beatrice and Benedick are adamantly against marriage kinda points to that.
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It is so, indeed; he is no less than a stuffed man:but for the stuffing,--well, we are all mortal.
This is the first time we see Beatrice's wit and ability to banter with the other men in this play. This shows that she does not fall into the damsel in distress/ white woman archetype. She is actively challenging the male/not male power binary that is present in most shakespeare plays.
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- Oct 2020
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There is no following her in this fierce vein:Here therefore for a while I will remain.
Wait pause has the whole play basically been rhyming like this because I just realized most of their lines are aa bb rhyme scheme. This could have to do with the significance of song in this play and how everything is sort of in a dreamlike state.
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a lion among ladies
Could this be a dig at Queen Elizabeth?? Like because she was so different to other women of her time because she never married so it is kind of a criticism of her being "unladylike"
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You do impeach your modesty too much,To leave the city and commit yourselfInto the hands of one that loves you not;To trust the opportunity of nightAnd the ill counsel of a desert placeWith the rich worth of your virginit
Shows how women are shamed for not being modest or go after who they love. Demetrius is able to pine after Hermia but once Helena tries to do it to him he tells her that she is a whore.
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A lovely boy, stolen from an Indian king;She never had so sweet a changeling;And jealous Oberon would have the child
This just gives me a weird feeling. Reminds me of like super religious people adopting children from other countries just to fulfill their white savior complex.
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Yours would I catch, fair Hermia, ere I go;My ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye,My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody.
This is supposed to be Helena saying she wishes she was like Hermia so Demetrius would like her, but it kinda rlly shows that her and Hermia have/had something going on together.
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'Tis the infirmity of his age: yet he hath everbut slenderly known himself.
This shows that there is probably some mental health things going on with King Lear that is more than just his old age. Shakespeare just probably didn't have the language to communicate his mental illness properly in his time period.
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Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind:Thou losest here, a better where to find.
Shows how women dont get to make any sort of decisions for themselves in this society. Shakespeare is solidifying the idea that women should be subservient and let men make the decisions for them.
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I found it in my chamber:And he himself confess'd but even nowThat there he dropp'd it for a special purposeWhich wrought to his desire.
Interesting that cassio is able to tell the truth to Othello without being silenced. It solidifies the power binary of men over women.
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So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true;So speaking as I think, I die, I die.Dies
She invites him into follow her into the afterlife so that she can continue to tell him the truth about what happened. She has been silenced in this life but that does not mean she will be silenced in the afterlife.
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I am not valiant neither,But ever puny whipster gets my sword:But why should honour outlive honesty?Let it go all
Othello has given into the belief that he is not a virtuous man. Yes, he did kill Desdemona, but it was all a part of Iago's plan to make him think he is not a virtuous solider or husband.
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Kill me to-morrow: let me live to-night! OTHELLO Nay, if you strive-- DESDEMONA But half an hour! OTHELLO Being done, there is no pause. DESDEMONA But while I say one prayer! OTHELLO It is too late.
This is the epitome of the silencing of women in this play. Desdemona just wants a little bit more time to say one more thing. She has accepted that Othello has fallen too far to not kill her and now she wants to use her last moments to break free of the obedient wife and speak her mind. Even if she just gets to say a prayer, she just wants a taste of freedom.
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I would have him nine years a-killing.A fine woman! a fair woman! a sweet woman! IAGO Nay, you must forget that. OTHELLO Ay, let her rot, and perish, and be damned to-night;for she shall not live: no, my heart is turned tostone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand. O, theworld hath not a sweeter creature: she might lie byan emperor's side and command him tasks.
it is really interesting to see how quickly Othello switches from blaming Cassio to blaming Desdemona. He is so angered. by what Iago is telling him that he is letting his emotions get the best of him and he is blaming the wrong people. It shows how heightened emotions can cloud reason and lead people to make life changing mistakes.
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If I can fasten but one cup upon him,With that which he hath drunk to-night already,He'll be as full of quarrel and offenceAs my young mistress' dog. Now, my sick fool Roderigo,Whom love hath turn'd almost the wrong side out,To Desdemona hath to-night carousedPotations pottle-deep; and he's to watch:Three lads of Cyprus, noble swelling spirits,That hold their honours in a wary distance,The very elements of this warlike isle,Have I to-night fluster'd with flowing cups,And they watch too. Now, 'mongst this flock of drunkards,Am I to put our Cassio in some actionThat may offend the isle.--But here they come:If consequence do but approve my dream,My boat sails freely, both with wind and stream.
Iago is breaking the fourth wall here. He letting the audience in on his plan and dramatic irony is happening. We know of Othello's downfall before it plays out. This allows the audience to focus more on the character's faults and why they are led to their own downfall rather than the actual plot.
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oveliness in favour,sympathy in years, manners and beauties; all whichthe Moor is defective
Showing how Iago thinks Othello is more "primitive" than he is. He doesn't think he has manners or experience. he is using this as an excuse for why he should be in Othello's military position rather than him. But in reality he is just racist. oop.
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Because we come todo you service and you think we are ruffians, you'llhave your daughter covered with a Barbary horse;you'll have your nephews neigh to you;
Iago is trying to start the part of a comedy where the father does not want his daughter to marry a man. He is trying to speed up the process so he can start the tragedy of Othello on his own.
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I know that boasting is an honour,I shall promulgate--I fetch my life and beingFrom men of royal siege, and my demeritsMay speak unbonneted to as proud a fortuneAs this that I have reach'd: for know, Iago,But that I love the gentle Desdemona,
wow Othello is really doing the humble brag here. But this sets up the rest of the play by showing that he already has it all which foreshadows how hard his downfall will be.
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must show out a flag and sign of love,
The use of the word love is really interesting in this play. It seems to be more of a synonym for passion or respect.
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Thou art a villain. IAGO You are--a senator.
I didn't notice this little interaction the first time i read this. That was a nice little jab by Iago, telling Brabantio that he is no more a villain than him because he is a corrupt government official
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Zounds, sir, you're robb'd; for shame, put onyour gown;Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul;Even now, now, very now, an old black ramIs topping your white ewe. Arise, arise;Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you:Arise, I say.
In this Iago is comparing Othello to a black ram and Desdemona to a white ewe. this is just the start of the racism and perpetuation of the white woman trope that will be apparent throughout the entire play
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Therefore, you men of Harfleur,Take pity of your town and of your people,Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command;
Not only is he commanding his own men, but he is commanding the men of Harfleur. This reenforces the power he has not only with the force of his men, but the force of his words.
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Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,Have in these parts from morn till even foughtAnd sheathed their swords for lack of argument:Dishonour not your mothers; now attestThat those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Shows how important bringing honor to your family and your country was. You were expected to be willing to die for honor and make your country and family proud no matter what.
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Why so large cost, having so short a lease,Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?Shall worms, inheritors of this excess,Eat up thy charge? Is this thy body's end?
this could be the speaker wondering why he even stays in this relationship when it does nothing but hurt him.
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'I hate', from hate away she threw, And sav'd my life, saying 'not you'.
This is the speaker trying to justify how the woman treated him. Classic toxic relationship where the person being wronged is trying desperately to find any kind of justifiable quality for them to stay with them
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Make but my name thy love, and love that still, And then thou lov'st me for my name is 'Will.'
He is in love with this woman but she only sees him as someone she sleeps with, but in the last line when he says his name is Will he could be saying "please see me and love me for who I am, William" or he could be giving into the genital connotations of the word Will and accepting that he will only be seen as a sexual partner.
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And in abundance addeth to his store;So thou, being rich in 'Will,' add to thy 'Will
It seems as if he is criticizing people for having sex with multiple people but then giving in to this persons advances.
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nd I my self am mortgag'd to thy will,
The motif of money in this poem shows how the woman he loves sees their relationship as transactional. he is deeply in love with her (in debt to her) but she is just moving on to other people and not giving their relationship a second thought because she has other "business deals" to attend to
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But then my friend's heart let my poor heart bail;Whoe'er keeps me, let my heart be his guard;Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail:
He is caught up in past love but in this one he feels more guilty about it. Like when he says love is a prison. And now he is calling the person he loves his friend. It is very apparent that the lover he is talking about here is male
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nd truly not the morning sun of heavenBetter becomes the grey cheeks of the east,Nor that full star that ushers in the eve
the imagery of the sun rising and setting can be compared to fair skinned and darker skinned beauty. The east and morning is compared to heaven much like fairer skinned women were seen as more beautiful.
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Thy black is fairest in my judgment's place. In nothing art thou black save in thy deeds, And thence this slander, as I think, proceeds.
He knows that people don't view his mistress as beautiful but he views her as beautiful. However I feel like he views her beauty in a more lustful sense especially in this sonnet when he uses words like "groan".
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And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, As any she belied with false compare.
Is this the speaker trying to justify literally calling her ugly for the entire sonnet up until now ?
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In the old age black was not counted fair,Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;But now is black beauty's successive heir,
Him trying to say that darker features used to be considered ugly but know they are considered beautiful
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hich in their wills count bad what I think good?
Everyone does bad things so why are we able to critique other people's wrongdoings?
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Unless this general evil they maintain, All men are bad and in their badness reign
Another shift in topics from death and old age to the difference between good and evil
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The prey of worms, my body being dead;The coward conquest of a wretch's knife,
From this sonnet and ones before it the speaker seems to be afraid of death but willing to accept it. He knows that it is inevitable but he also views it as wretched and knows it will cause people he loves to mourn
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As after sunset fadeth in the west;Which by and by black night doth take away,
life is fading away like a sunsetting, "twilight years"
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That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Similar to the first sonnets we read where nature is used to describe life and in this case death/old age.
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What merit lived in me, that you should loveAfter my death,--dear love, forget me quite,For you in me can nothing worthy prove;
He feels he is not worthy of love or remembrance after he dies
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My name be buried where my body is,And live no more to shame nor me nor you.
The tone shift from the first few sonnets in this collection to these ones is very jarring. But it follows the stages of life and death
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Nay, if you read this line, remember not
It is interesting how he is telling the person he loves not to read his work because he seems like a very vain person
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Do not so much as my poor name rehearse;But let your love even with my life decay; Lest the wise world should look into your moan, And mock you with me after I am gone.
He is urging the person he loves to move on after his death. they should not look to his poems as a way to mourn.
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Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.
and the memory of someone you love will live on forever even after they die
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Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
Poetry and words will live on longer than anything with material value
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But here's the joy; my friend and I are one; Sweet flattery! then she loves but me alone.
I think this sonnet has to deal a lot with self love and how that differs from love from another person. Also how he is willing to put his own self love aside to give love to another person
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what woman's son
could this be like a Jesus thing?? Like son of Mary? it talks about temptation earlier so it could be a religious thing
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For still temptation follows where thou art.
temptation is something that humans will fall victim to no matter what our circumstances are
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Then, if for my love, thou my love receivest,I cannot blame thee, for my love thou usest;
He views his self worth as his love for this other person
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And yet, love knows it is a greater griefTo bear love's wrong, than hate's known injury.
being in love with someone who doesn't feel about you the same way will ultimately lead to extreme heartbreak and devastation
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vouchsafe
means give or grant in a gracious or condescending manner
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Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love'.
the speaker is speaking about how love and relationships can be immortalized through poems and words. the people in love may have passed on but their love lives on
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Hung with the trophies of my lovers gone,
reducing his relationship s down to trophies to be won ??
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And there reigns Love, and all Love's loving parts,
Capital L "love" and lowercase l "love" are used in this sonnet and the speaker makes it very clear what each of them mean and how he feel sabout them
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When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,
He doesn't want to bring up the past but knows he has to if he wants to heal
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But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restor'd and sorrows end.
Confronting what he has lost and hardships in his past will allow him to grow and move on
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rich in hope,
new symbol of wealth being used throughout this sonnet
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For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
The speaker recognizes that he doesn't need to be wealthy, the only thing he needs is the memory of the person he loves
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Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;
comparing time to animals and mythical creatures rather than seasons to show how time can take away everything close to him
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
beauty is short lived like the summer
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Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
summer and sunshine being compared to life and beauty while winter and darkness is being compared to death
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But were some child of yours alive that time, You should live twice,--in it, and in my rhyme.
Again saying how the only way for a woman to keep her legacy going is to have a child
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The age to come would say 'This poet lies;Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'
no one will believe how beautiful they are once they age
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As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert'; Or else of thee this I prognosticate: 'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.'
He switches from feeling small in the world and not being able to predict what might happen to predicting that they will be the most beautiful if they are together
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So should that beauty which you hold in leaseFind no determination; then you wereYourself again, after yourself's decease,
comparing childbearing to leasing out a home and if a woman doesn't have a child she is a decaying house ??? I don't like it
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And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
everyone will have to age and inevitably not be seen as beautiful
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Then of thy beauty do I question make,That thou among the wastes of time must go,Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsakeAnd die as fast as they see others grow;
the speaker is questioning what beauty is and if what we see as beautiful is something we should find important
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Proving his beauty by succession thine!
He showed how he can be beautiful even in his old age
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Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use,
the speaker wishes that people would ask about their beauty in the present rather than their beauty when they were young
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Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
this shows how people only see young people as beautiful, once someone grows old they aren't as "nice to look at" i guess
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