Shakespeare
Shakespeare had multiple goals in mind when he sat down to create one of his masterpieces. Whether it was a sonnet or a play, much of his work was dedicated to his patron, the Earl of South Hampton, named William Herbert. In the introduction to The Complete Sonnets and Poems it states that Herbert "Would have been about the right age to serve as the addressee for many of the poems" (page 100). It also states that sonnets 1-17 are known to be called the "marriage sequence", composed on or around Herbert's seventeenth birthday, and dedicated to him along with works such as Venus and Adonis. During the "marriage sequence", a main theme of procreation and beauty is present. If these 17 poems were directed at the Earl of South Hampton, why would Shakespeare have written them the way that he did, convincing the Earl of his duties of passing on both his beauty and a son? When reading these poems, it seems that Shakespeare's motivation for writing them may have been to win the favor, and with it the patronage of the Earl of South Hampton. One possible way to win the favor of the Earl would have been to brown nose him. Shakespeare could have used many methods of kissing up to the Ear, but the method that Shakespeare chose was to o
" Immediately, Shakespeare is telling the Earl how beautiful he is, and that the world desires more people like him. That child would have to take his place and would have to possess equal beauty and would live the legacy of the Earl of South Hampton. The world will be thy widow and still weep" (Sonnet 9) if the Earl were to die and fail to leave a child to the world. By writing for the Earl of South Hampton, Shakespeare, would not only please one person with his work but thousands when his work was published. He is constantly reminded by the work that he pays Shakespeare to do. Therefore he would be able to pass on his legacy to another generation that would be just as beautiful as he. He is told that he will be settled and contempt if he finds a woman to be his wife. He then goes on to say that there is no love in his heart, and that it would be equal a crime to murder to hold back the immense beauty that the Earl of South Hampton possesses. It seems as if Shakespeare is requesting to the Earl that he is interested in him, and wants a relationship. There would be nobody more perfect than that of his son. The Earl is told, "To give away yourself keeps your self still (Sonnet 10). In the first line of the first sonnet of the marriage sequence, Shakespeare says to the Earl, "From fairest creatures we desire increase, that thereby beauty's rose may never die. If the Earl had children, he could pass on his beauty, and the world could still enjoy the sight of someone like William Herbert. Also, by having a wife, he could then procreate, and have a child. All the talk could make the Earl fear that he may not be remembered if he did not pass on his beauty.
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