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Date Posted: 14:36:55 03/23/03 Sun
Author: Zack Huber
Subject: Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Luke Martineac 's message, "Re: SONNET #130 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 16:17:36 03/13/03 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?
>>
>>2. How does Shakespeare mock aspects of the
>>traditional sonnet in Sonnet 130?
>
>Shakespeare has been describing how horrid he see's
>his wife, but the couplet at the end tells of how he
>once loved her, but not anymore, and how she had led a
>'false-love' relationship.He mocks the traditional
>sonnet by sort of "changing" the sonnet in the last
>lines with the couplet.

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