SONNET 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Respond to this Shakespearean sonnet.
(In what ways does it deal with similar themes as MND?)
True love-The love between Lysander and Hermia seems real and deep- not based soley upon looks (as they plan to elope and get married, Hermia is willing to go against father's wishes etc.) (or she is just naive...?) In the sonnet, love is shown to be real as the poet is realistic and admits although his mistress does not live up to the standards of the other women exaggeratedly described in sonnets as "goddesses", she is just as beautiful as them-like he doesn't need to list her assets because there are more things than her appearance that attract him.
ReplyDeleteFantasy-There are fantastical elements to MND like the fairies and magic.They are strange and entertaining, but we also don't know if they actually exist or not. In the sonnet, the poet is saying that his love "treads on the ground", so is not ethereal and is worth more than the imaginary women/men? described in other sonnets. In MND there is the contrast between the fairies and the 'real' people. Similarly, in Sonnet 130 there is a contrast between a real mistress and an imaginary (or 'enhanced' one.
Comedy
The sonnet is almost poking fun at other sonnets for how they create images of unrealistically beautiful women. In MND, the subject of the play is acted out in an absurd situation including fairies and 'love juice'....this would obv. create humour (among other stuff)
Sorry, I thought I'd just give it a go.
Sonnet 130 brings out the concept of comedy. It is describing how much a man loves his "mistress". Humour in the word he says "my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" , he shows her to be very dull amd not shining. In MND Hermia takes this role also because of the way she dresses compared to Helena who dresses elegantly.
ReplyDeleteFantasy of fairies in MND bring out an unreal world of magic. The sonnet describes the woman to be like a "goddess", we know that people describe a goddess' to be very beautiful.
"I think my love as rare" he is so much in love with her that even though he notices her bad attributes he still loves her truly. In MND Hermia and Lysander are true lovers even though Helena is said to be more fair than Hermia. The two plan to be together nomatter anything that tries to bound them from their love.
Sonnet 130 has themes such as love as the poem expresses love in telling his mistress that he loves her. Appearance is another theme as his mistresses looks have went wrong and gives us a complete description of her face, body and her smell. There is nothing to tell us about her personality just her appearance.
ReplyDeleteIn MND love is a main theme within the play as The love between Lysander and Hermia which is a main romance and Hermia is willing to do anything to be with him.
Like many of Shakespeare's sonnets, this poem is an expression of love. In telling his mistress that he loves her, our speaker also has to give us an idea about what his love is like. Specifically, it's about finding love in spite of physical flaws. As it was said in posts before the love theme relates to the love story between Lysander and Hermia.
ReplyDelete“Appearances" is another major theme in Sonnet 130, since our speaker spends a lot of the poem talking about what's wrong with his mistress's looks.
The theme "Women and Femininity" is connected to the idea of appearances. This poem is all about female beauty and our expectations and stereotypes about the way women ought to look.
This poem takes the theme of love and turns it around to be comical, insted of saying this woman has beautiful features like saying her eyes are nice she says there nothing like the sun, this shows he doesn't think very highly in looks. But at the end he confesses how much the love is actually true.
ReplyDeleteIn MSD the theme love is in a kind of triangle and it isn't real love its all been done with a potion but the potion is like a front of everybodys feelings.
i think it is similar to mnd as he uses to some type of language which fits well with what he is talking about. also he can create a very weird imagination to the reader unlike any other poems or storys i have read. the rhymes that he used made the language of today.
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sonnet 130 takes the theme of love and imperfections
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion it think that sonnet 130 and MND have in common is that some Shakespeare was trying to portray that being perfect inst always the answer in Hermia and Helena's case
and Shakespeare was trying to demonstrate that doesn't mean that you will never be in love or be happy if you have imperfections because no one is perfect such as Titania the queen of the fairies falling in love with bottom who had a donkeys head
Shakespeare talking about his wife imperfections but funny enough he still loves her the way she is and i think that Shakespeare was trying to portray that love has no face and it matters on what is on the inside because "the course of true love never did run smooth"
we done this poem in year 11 and we distinguished that its a man being sarcastic about this wife behind her back taking the mick out of her more like, but referes to him showing his love for her even he's not fond of her he finds he loves her in the end. this relates to MND because demitreus hates helena even though she loves him so much but they get potion on their eyes an fall in love in the end just like the poem says he loves her in the end.
ReplyDeleteSonnet is like a love poem turned on its head. Usually, if you were talking about your beloved, you would go out of your way to praise her, to point all the ways that she is the best. In this case, though, Shakespeare spends this poem comparing his mistress's appearance to other things, and then telling us how she doesn't measure up to them. He goes through a whole laundry list, giving us details about the flaws of her body, her smell, even the sound of her voice. Then, at the end, he changes his tune and tells us about his real and complete love for her.
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