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Sonnet 29. William Shakespeare. Erin Sweeney. William Shakespeare: Biographical Background. Born 1564, Died 1616 Famous British Playwright (38 Plays) and Poet during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Published Shakespeare ’ s Sonnets in 1609 – 154 sonnets, dates of creation unknown - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sonnet
29
Willi
am S
hakes
peare
Erin Sweeney
William Shakespeare: Biographical BackgroundBorn 1564, Died 1616
Famous British Playwright (38 Plays) and Poet during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Published Shakespeare’s Sonnets in 1609 – 154 sonnets, dates of creation unknown
Two Contrasting Sonnet Series: • uncontrollable lust for a married
woman of dark complexion (the "dark lady"),
• conflicted love for a fair young man (the "fair youth").
Themes: meditations on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, success, death, and time
Title Page of 1609 Edition
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When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Beginning = Question? Statement?
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Clarification: Speaker’s Problematic Initial
Situation
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Clarifying Phrases: Initial Situation of Solitude +
Despair
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Verbs: Outline Mechanisms of Despair
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate
Clues in Diction: Fate, Fortune, Heaven
Problem: Despair = Eternal Fate?
Rhyme, Conflicting Terms: Despair = Eternal Fate or Current (Escapable) State?