Hero and Desdemona In Othello and Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, the leading female characters are quite similar. Desdemona is married to Othello (Othello), and Hero is engaged to Claudio (Much Ado about Nothing). Both men accuse their betrothed as being unfaithful to them. Both men also start out with loving words toward their sweethearts; for example, when Othello and Desdemona meet again after having been separated for a period of time. Othello says to her “It gives me wonder great as my content to see you here before me.
Benvolio then suggests Romeo to attend a Capulet gathering where Rosaline will be outmatched by other beautiful girls but Romeo says that his affection for Rosaline will not change. The moment Romeo meets Juliet, his previous lovesick and depression are gone instantly as he quickly falls for Juliet. Romeo thinks of Juliet’s beauty as “I ne’er saw true beauty ‘til this night”, and swiftly makes plans to approach her regardless to the hatred between the two families. On the other hand Juliet is much more consistent throughout the play. At the beginning, Juliet remains not interested in love before and after meeting Paris, an eligible bachelor worthy for her.
In this sonnet, he describes his mistress as flawed, but in the last lines of the sonnet, he declares that he loves her regardless of these flaws. One reason readers would find “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun” more enjoyable than “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” is through it unusual tone, which appeals to readers due to its odd, comical manner. Shakespeare uses a demeaning, mocking tone in “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun” for instance, when he depicts her cheeks to be dull and colorless in: “I have seen roses damasked red and white But no such roses see I in her cheeks” (5-6) This style of tone is unusual for love sonnets considering most poets tend to embellish their subjects’ beauty; to which he adds at the end of his sonnet, “belied with false compare” (14) ridiculing those poets that lie or exaggerate their subjects’ appearance. Some readers may find this interesting seeing how in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” he describes his subjects’
He makes no comment on her character, but this would have been seen as normal in Elizabethan times; women were expected to be seen but not heard, and Shakespeare presents Hero as the conventional woman of her day. Shakespeare presents Leonato's love as dependant on Hero's perfection and submission. In stark contrast to Hero, Beatrice is anything but submissive. She is introduced to the audience in the first scene of the play and she dominates the conversation, interrupting the messenger and totally bewildering him with her witty wordplay, as in line 47, act one, scene one where the messenger comments on Benedick: 'And a good soldier too, lady.' Beatrice replies, 'And
Poe’s narrator tells us about Annabel Lee as if he was a lowly pauper and she was the princess of a distant kingdom. With the affectionate childhood love the Edgar Poe had for his wife, his final disdain with death is conveyed in “Annabel Lee.” Annabel Lee is a symbol of beauty and undying love. Edgar Poe loved Virginia Clemm with all his heart and viewed her as an innocent virgin maiden, Annabel Lee. Some biographers have suggested that Poe and Clemm might have never consummated their marriage. Annabel Lee’s lover viewed her as a maiden writing,”…a maiden….than to love and be loved by me.” Lines five and six symbolize this unreal love that he and Virginia had.
The speaker says “Then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty. Through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her. 2. Read Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare now. It is located on page 73 of your Journeys anthology.
This shows us, that Shakespeare, unlike so many renaissance writers, isn’t a complete romantic and idealist when it comes to love; he is realistic and pragmatic. However, he goes on to suggest that unlike her physical appearance, her happy disposition will not fade and she will remain beautiful to him, “but thy eternal summer shall not fade”. Emphasizing the importance of falling in love with somebody’s character, which will not fade, in contrast to their appearance. Shakespeare never actually describes his beloved, he instead compares her to classically beautiful images, like summer, heaven and calls her fair. This could imply that she wasn’t physically ‘perfect’ but it was instead her personality that reminded him of a summer’s day.
Generally, love stories follow a specific pattern; the characters meet, they fall in love and they live happy ever after. Dagberto Gilb’s short story “Love in L.A.” by no means follows this specific pattern, however most real life love stories do not follow this pattern either. The stereo typicality and description of the characters as well as the setting, are what make the realism in the story stem through. Rarely do we see a handsome, well-mannered man with his white horse and shinning armour. Usually we find a dishonest, self-absorbed “player”.
Hamlet writes to Ophelia, reminding Ophelia that he is strongly in love for her. Hamlet writes: “Doubt thou the stars are fire; / Doubt that the sun doth move; / Doubt truth to be a liar; / But never doubt I love (2.2.122-125). He is telling her not to believe in anything but him. This also reveals his true love for Ophelia. Thirdly in Act 3, Hamlet continues to express his
Also the themes of these two poems are the same. The difference between “Sonnet 130” and “Sonnet 132” is that in “Sonnet 130”, Shakespeare is describing how beautiful she is by comparing her to objects of nature, while in “Sonnet 132”, he is doing the same but he is not comparing her to objects of nature, and the fact that the mistress does not have any feelings for him either. (Felicia Jean Steele pg 1). “Sonnet 130” and “Sonnet 132” both talk about and describe the love of his mistress or “The Dark Lady”. In “Sonnet 130”, he compares the lady’s walk to a goddesses’ walk.