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  • Essay / Sonnet Analysis Essay - 715

    First, we watched the movie Much Ado About Nothing. It's a comedy film that I really enjoyed. It was all about love and tragedy. Part of the film really focused on how Shakespeare felt about love. Benoît questions his love for Beatrice and in doing so he begins to list the things he would like in a woman. Basically all the things he lists have nothing to do with outer beauty, they are all characteristics of inner beauty. Then, after saying all the features he would like, Benedict adds something like: "And his hair, well, it doesn't matter what God wants it to be." » This is a clear indicator that Benedict was not too concerned with the outward beauty of the woman he would like to fall in love with. We also looked at other sonnets written by Shakespeare. In his sonnet, Permit me not the marriage of true minds, Shakespeare explains how strong and lasting love can be and how it leads so many people. He claims that if the love between two people is true, then it will last forever. He then goes so far as to say that if he's wrong then he takes back everything he said and that no man has ever truly loved before. It's such a powerful line that sounds very