Indledning
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged cupid painted blind ”. Shakespeare considers true love to be more than just attraction to looks because love is deeper than the shallowness of appearance.
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Uddrag
Sonnet 130 can also be relevant for young people from a 2022’s perspective because it exemplifies how love and beauty should not be understood on abstract comparisons, but rather should be valued for being realistic.
In a way, Shakespeare destroyed the traditional fake image of a woman by telling the truth:
Even though the speaker says she is less beautiful than the sun, the snow, roses, and a goddess, he still loves her for who she truly is. And I think that is the most important thing that we young people should remember.
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