Sonnet 145 rethought

So today in class i had mentioned how much i enjoyed this specific poem. I liked it because of the playful side of love and romance it portrayed, however the more i think of it, the more I am confused on its true meaning. I believe it can also be interpreted as how manipulating, how encaging love sometimes is. To see how much power the women has, how she can ruin his life with one word, then I start to wonder if she purposely let him believe she was going to say "I hate you" rather than "I  hate not you"... Either way, it is still my new favorite. 

Sonnet 18

I wasn't in class today so I didn't get to hear the discussion. One that stood out to me was Sonnet 18 because the first line is very popular "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"I love how Shakespeare compares "her" to summer. Everything beautiful stops being beautiful at some point in time but he's saying how much greater she is and how her beauty will never go away unlike summer. I just thought that this sonnet was very adorable and heart warming!

Sonnet 145

From the packet, I found Sonnet 145 to be my favorite. The playful yet adorable tone of the sonnet really called to me. It showed how Shakespeare's wife's words can have such an impact on him --as it is perhaps for anyone in love with their beloved. It shows how another's opinion can affect one just because of their significance. ""I hate" from hate away she threw./And saved my life, saying "not you."

Sonnet 130

Out of all the sonnets sonnet 130 stood out the most to me because like we discussed in class I love how honest he is. He isn't comparing her to false things that no one can live up to, he's being honest and noticing her flaws but is also saying that with her flaws he still manages to fall in love with her and I love this because this can apply to today and show girls that we don't have to live to this expectations to get someone to like you, if someone honestly likes you he would think of your flaws as perfections and love you either way.

Feminine/Masculine Characteristics

   When I was researching an article, I came across this passage that I found interesting and thought that played into where we are with Macbeth right now. " Defining masculine and feminine characteristics allowed writers like Shakespeare to draw males with certain "feminine" characteristics and females with certain "masculine" characteristics. This merging of masculine and feminine in both males and females might help to explain how easy it was for the Elizabethan stage to employ and accept all male casts and utilize men to play strong female characters like Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra, and Kate, the Shrew. Contemporary audiences, so set on separating female from male, would have great difficulty returning to this standard practice of the Renaissance". I guess the reason why this passage struck me so much, was the fact that I do find some "feminine" characteristics in Macbeth as he is more compassionate. When it came to Lady Macbeth" Masculine" traits appear to all of us in her strong  personality and at times seeming cold hearted . What don you guy's think about it. 

Sonnet 130

Out of all the sonnets in the packet, sonnet 130 had to be my favorite.

At first I didn't know it was about love because in the first 8 lines Shakespeare doesn't comment on his lover's beauty, but instead on all her imperfections: her breath reeks, her hair looks like wires, etc.

It wasn't until line 9 I realized he actually loves her, 

before I thought he was just bashing on one of his ex girlfriends.

He names all her imperfections because he adores her from head to toe,

 including all the not-so-pretty parts.

Which is why I love this poem so much!

It reminds me of the quote:

"perfection is an illusion, imperfection is beautiful" - anonymous 

An example Alejandra gave during class was society's standards on women's body size.

A perfect example is how today in society a model's size two waist equals beauty,

but Marilyn Monroe is considered one of the most attractive women in history. 

Her waist size is wasn't a size two, her waist size was average.

I make this connection because although she isn't today's average model size,

she was still gorgeous.

"perfection is an illusion, imperfection is beautiful" - anonymous 

Lady Macbeth

I don't know if it's just me but to me Lady Macbeth seems so powerful especially I this time period. A women was never allowed to talk to her husband like that or even have an opinion in his choices but she does, she has a voice in macbeths life but what really fascinates me is how Macbeth listens to her he listens and technically obeys what she says and although she may use her power over Macbeth for evil and for her own good it still amazes me how she is able to have all of this control over him.