Sonnet 120 is a reflection of sonnets 33-35, though leaning more to Sonnet 34 because of the fact that he uses the word ‘once’ in the first phrase. Sonnet 120 is about the unfaithfulness that existed between him and an unnamed friend and how much pain it has caused them.
In the first line Shakespeare inform his reader that his beloved had shown him unkindness at certain point of time. In this context, ‘unkindness’ is believed to mean unfaithfulness, meaning the youth in question committed an offence against him. It is, however, not clear about who this person or exactly what kind of offence they had committed. In reference to sonnet 33-35 and 40-42, Shakespeare talks about betrayal and unkindness that has been done to him. He says that the act of unkindness “befriends” him meaning that the act is an asset to him. By this Shakespeare meant that because of the unkindness from this person, he will be able to revenge without feeling guilt (Edmondson and Wells, 41).
In line two and three, where the writer says that “and for that sorrow, which I then did feel” (3)” needs must my transgression bow”. He remembers the sorrow the crime has caused. By this, he puts himself in his offender’s shoes and tries to …show more content…
He feels pity to him because of the sorrows he has caused. He knows too well, how it feels when your beloved has wronged you. In line 9 he says “O! That our night of woe might have remembered,” line 10, “my deepest sense, how hard true sorrow hits”. Our night of war in this context means the dark depression and sorrow they have caused each other. This is the same as the ‘the dark night of the soul’ in Christianity. Just like the way the soul loses its way in the quest for salvation it deprives itself from the light. Meaning just as Shakespeare had resorted his cruelty towards his beloved he had deprived himself from the real issue at hand. His actions had only brought more sorrow than happiness (Landry,
In the first line Shakespeare inform his reader that his beloved had shown him unkindness at certain point of time. In this context, ‘unkindness’ is believed to mean unfaithfulness, meaning the youth in question committed an offence against him. It is, however, not clear about who this person or exactly what kind of offence they had committed. In reference to sonnet 33-35 and 40-42, Shakespeare talks about betrayal and unkindness that has been done to him. He says that the act of unkindness “befriends” him meaning that the act is an asset to him. By this Shakespeare meant that because of the unkindness from this person, he will be able to revenge without feeling guilt (Edmondson and Wells, 41).
In line two and three, where the writer says that “and for that sorrow, which I then did feel” (3)” needs must my transgression bow”. He remembers the sorrow the crime has caused. By this, he puts himself in his offender’s shoes and tries to …show more content…
He feels pity to him because of the sorrows he has caused. He knows too well, how it feels when your beloved has wronged you. In line 9 he says “O! That our night of woe might have remembered,” line 10, “my deepest sense, how hard true sorrow hits”. Our night of war in this context means the dark depression and sorrow they have caused each other. This is the same as the ‘the dark night of the soul’ in Christianity. Just like the way the soul loses its way in the quest for salvation it deprives itself from the light. Meaning just as Shakespeare had resorted his cruelty towards his beloved he had deprived himself from the real issue at hand. His actions had only brought more sorrow than happiness (Landry,