Sonnets 35 and 115

I read sonnets 35 and 115. My reaction to these sonnets was just wow, I thought they seemed to have went together. Although I believe this, I know we have been told that it is said that in the beginning sonnets, the auditor was a male and the later sonnets, the auditor was a female. Even knowing that I felt like sonnets 35 and 115 are talking about the same person just from what Shakespeare says in sonnet 115. Sonnet 115, first line says, Those lines that I before have writ do lie. Now in sonnet 35 what I got out of reading it, is that as we established in class, most of his sonnets that are about love, are about unrequited love. And in sonnet 35, I believe its about him trying to excuse his beloved for not loving him. Also sonnet 35, line two he says roses have thorns and silver fountains mud. I feel like he is saying this because he is mad at this person for not loving him like he loves this person so he basically says, you're as beautiful as a rose but roses have thorns that cut and hurt people and silver fountains are also beautiful like most fountains are but it has mud in it and mud is dirty. In sonnet 115, this is why I say I feel like they sort of go together because the first line, since he is saying bad things about the auditor in sonnet 35, he now comes in with sonnet 115 saying oh don’t worry about what I said then, those words lie and I do love you and all your faults. He is also saying that once the words are written down, they will also be a lie later because in the last line of 115 he says, To give full growth to that which still doth grow. So he is giving his love full room for it to grow and I believe it also means he is giving the auditor room to grow because he compared this person he loves in 35 to a rose with thorns. Sonnet 115 makes me think he had decided in sonnet 35 to forget his love for the auditor but now he has realized his love will never go away and they both need time for it to fully grow and he hopes she will see that everyone makes mistakes but he loves her more now than ever. I enjoyed reading these two sonnets together even though it is said they are about two different people, maybe they sound like they go together just because the author is the same person. I would recommend these two sonnets to everyone I know just to show them that everyone makes mistakes, to give them another chance because we have a bad habit of saying things we do not mean so we need to show people that we all lie and even though we don’t want to, it happens so just look past it unless it is too big to look past.  

Shakespeare 1

Most people have read Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet but I have not. I did not read Shakespeare in high school but I did when I attended Holmes Jr. But I have only read King Lear and about 3 or 4 of his sonnets not counting the two sonnets I chose for this Shakespeare class. Although I have not read much of his work, I did get to see a play in Memphis, TN. The play was acted out by two people and they only did their favorite scenes from Shakespeare's plays. I did enjoy it although I do not quite understand it yet, I am hoping this class will help me get a better understanding. I will say I like Shakespeare's works. I have heard a lot about his plays, mainly Romeo and Juliet which everyone seems to have read but me. I do believe one day I am going to read Romeo and Juliet just because everyone seems to like it and I love reading anyways. I looked over the words that Shakespeare coined and I just cannot believe how many words he coined that we still use today, it amazes me. I have to wonder why or how he came up with these words when people back then did not say these until he coined them. I also have to wonder why we use these words that Shakespeare came up with, I mean other people, whether they are as famous as Shakespeare or not, might have come up with words too but we do not hear about them. I suppose this has to do with him being Shakespeare and he has so many more words that he coined than others. Shakespeare just seems like a really unique individual. I do wish I could have met him. I might not have read many of his plays or sonnets as of yet but I can tell he was very passionate about his writing. He took so long to come up with his plays and that was him being a perfectionist and I would love to be like him one day. I write sometimes but I never take the time to make sure it's perfect and once I notice that, I always junk my writing where as he seemed to have stuck with it for so long and made it what he wanted it to be. I feel like he wanted his work to be perfect for his readers and to make sure it was the best for actors to act the plays out and everyone could get something out of them.