Exploring the Theme of Love in Sonnets 57 and 58 Essay -- Shakespeare’

Shakespeares sonnets are numbered in a sequential order and side by side(predicate) sonnets often have similar content. byout Shakespeares sonnets, he c everyplaces some subjects, such as interest in the life of a puppylike man, his deal for a young man, and his love for a dark haired woman. In sonnets 57 and 58, Shakespeare discusses how love is like slavery in its different manifestations. The object of the bank clerks love has a dominating power everywhere the narrator, which controls him and guides his actions. Shakespeare shows in sonnets 57 and 58 that love can be displayed by using many different routes such as viewing love as a controlling force, exploring the theme of time and waiting in regards to love, and the question of the physical state of being of love. Throughout both sonnets there is a sense that the narrator has resigned himself to the slavery of love. In sonnet 57, the narrator asserts in the first two specifys that completely he (we will arrogate the narrator is a he) can do is wait until the raw sienna needs something. This blind devotion to the lover seems to come without any reservations on behalf of the narrator and seems to be a natural inclination to give of nonpareils self whole-heartedly and unconditionally (unconditional love). In sonnet 58, line 13, though waiting so be hell shows the paroxysm that the narrator is going through while he is waiting on the lover. In sonnet 58, line five, let me suffer, being at your beck once again constitutes this devotion of the narrator to the recipient of the love without any reservations. The narrator is willingly accepting suffering, hell, and sadness, as seen in the phrase sad slave (sonnet 57, line 11), in order to be a slave to love. This devotion to winning servitude is admirable and the bond formed... ... that love thinks no ill. Shakespeare uses many different methods of treatment to examine this theme of love. In both sonnets the lover is exerting his control over t he narrator, but the narrator does not really mind being controlled in either sonnet. Both sonnets include many elements and references to time and waiting and all of these references relate to love by showing loves spacious lifespan and varying strengths over time. The only major difference between the two sonnets lies in their addressing love. Sonnet 57 talks directly to it in a personifying manner, whereas sonnet 58 merely refers to it through other means. Through this variety of explorations of the theme of love, Shakespeare shows that love has many faces and ways of expressing itself. Works CitedMcCurry, Justin. absence seizure Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Shakespeares Sonnets 57 and 58.