The Ugly Truth of Shakespeare’s Love
We all have our own opinions about what true love really is. Love is something no one can really answer to why it exists. Both of Shakespeare’s sonnets are about love, but whether it’s about real love is the question. Romeo and Juliet’s sonnet is about “love at first sight,” while “Sonnet 130” is whole other story. Unlike the sonnet in act 1, scene 5, the way Shakespeare describes his love in “Sonnet 130,” is true. In “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare is describing his love with insults. Shakespeare is a creative writer, he uses a different and unique approach when comparing his love. He wrote in lines 13 and 14, “and yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare as she belied with false compare.” Despite the fact that he is offending her looks, he calls his love “rare.” Which, he thinks that his love is as rare as a women being exaggeratedly compared to something such as a so called “Goddess.” He is stating that even though she may have these awful qualities, he still loves her. …show more content…
Romeo thinks he’s in love with Juliet, but that’s not the case. He is just into her because of her looks. In this sonnet, it seems as though their love is about physical contact rather than it being related to their emotions. “If I profane with my unworthiest hand, this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” In these lines, Romeo is trying to convince Juliet to kiss him. Clearly, he just once a kiss out of her, he even does it twice. Even though it was a romantic type of sonnet, this is not about true
We all have our own opinions about what true love really is. Love is something no one can really answer to why it exists. Both of Shakespeare’s sonnets are about love, but whether it’s about real love is the question. Romeo and Juliet’s sonnet is about “love at first sight,” while “Sonnet 130” is whole other story. Unlike the sonnet in act 1, scene 5, the way Shakespeare describes his love in “Sonnet 130,” is true. In “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare is describing his love with insults. Shakespeare is a creative writer, he uses a different and unique approach when comparing his love. He wrote in lines 13 and 14, “and yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare as she belied with false compare.” Despite the fact that he is offending her looks, he calls his love “rare.” Which, he thinks that his love is as rare as a women being exaggeratedly compared to something such as a so called “Goddess.” He is stating that even though she may have these awful qualities, he still loves her. …show more content…
Romeo thinks he’s in love with Juliet, but that’s not the case. He is just into her because of her looks. In this sonnet, it seems as though their love is about physical contact rather than it being related to their emotions. “If I profane with my unworthiest hand, this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” In these lines, Romeo is trying to convince Juliet to kiss him. Clearly, he just once a kiss out of her, he even does it twice. Even though it was a romantic type of sonnet, this is not about true