Sonnets
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The sonnet seems to be the epitome of the lover's message. It is a type of poetic form that was extremely popular in Elizabethan and Victorian England. The sonnet form was invented by Giacomo da Lentino in the mid-13th century. This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's Sonnet #18, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day; Edmund Spencer's Sonnet # 75, One day I wrote her name upon the strand; and John Donne's Sonnet #10, Death be not proud, though some have called thee. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130
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A 7 page paper (6 pp. + 1 pg. outline) which examines the structure of William Shakespeare's sonnet 130, to demonstrate how it deviates from the conventional sonnet form established by Petrarch. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Sexuality in Shakespeare's Sonnets
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This 5 page paper evaluates Shakespeare's sonnets and explores them in respect to their sexual meanings. Several sonnets are discussed as well other Shakespearean works in order to elaborate on the theme. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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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.
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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.
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Themes of Love & Death in William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sonnet 130"
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An 8 page paper which examines how William Shakespeare expresses the themes of love and death in the characters of his play, "Romeo and Juliet," and in his "Sonnet 130," considering how they are represented both literally and figuratively. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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“Othello and Sonnet 87”
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A five page paper which looks at the theme of jealousy in Shakespeare’s Othello, and contrasts it with the more mature and rational perspective on emotional relationships which is demonstrated in sonnet 87 (Farewell, thou art too dear …) Bibliography lists 2 sources
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