FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Love someone, despite his/her flaws
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Love over money
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True love isn’t exclusive to physical appearance
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Perfection is impossible
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Detailed explanation-1: -Throughout his sonnets, Shakespeare clearly implies that love hurts. Yet despite the emotional and physical pain, like the speaker, we continue falling in love. Shakespeare shows that falling in love is an inescapable aspect of the human condition-indeed, expressing love is part of what makes us human.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sonnets cover such themes as the passage of time, love, infidelity, jealousy, beauty and mortality. The first 126 are addressed to a young man; the last 28 are either addressed to, or refer to, a woman.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is ‘Love’. The sonnet as a form, especially as developed by Petrarch, was often associated with the theme of love. Shakespeare is no exception to this, and the majority of the sonnets have love as the theme.
Detailed explanation-4: -Identify the Theme What question is it asking of the reader? The answer to this should be in the first and last quatrains: lines 1–4 and 13–14. Quatrain One: These first four lines should set out the subject matter of the sonnet.