Date Posted:21:10:39 03/25/03 Tue Author: ************* Subject: Re: Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!) In reply to:
Mrs. G.
's message, "Sonnet 130 (READ THIS FIRST!)" on 14:57:27 01/02/03 Thu
>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 130 on your own,
>explain the following:
>
>1. Explain the couplet at the end of this sonnet. How
>does it alter the meaning of the sonnet? I think the ending is talking about a guy having unusual attraction to a ugly lady, even though at the beginning the man is totally making fun of her looks and smell. I am not sure but I think that maybe the man thinks the lady's outside is ugly but inside she isn't to bad. This alters the sonnet because at the end, we find out that he might like her.
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>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?Shakespeare mocks aspects of the traditional sonnet by writing about a ugly lady. There were probually alot of ugly women in his days that had "black wires growing on her head" and pale looking lips.So I belive that he was writing from an experince; that was probually popular to write about.
