Thursday, April 18, 2013

"Modern Shakespeares"

Upon searching for an image for Sonnet 20, my eyes gravitated towards the following jpeg:
Actual Lyrics:
When I walk on by, girls be looking like damn he fly
I pimp to the beat, walking down the street in my new lafreak, yeah
This is how I roll, animal print, pants out control,
It's RedFoo with the big afro
And like Bruce Lee I've got the claw

Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out
Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out

When I walk in the spot, this is what I see
Everybody stops and they staring at me
I got passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it

I'm sexy and I know it (x2)

When I'm at the mall, security just can't fight 'em off
When I'm at the beach, I'm in a speedo trying to tan my cheeks
This is how I roll, come on ladies it's time to go
We headed to the bar, baby don't be nervous
No shoes, no shirt, and I still get service

Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out
Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out

When I walk in the spot, this is what I see
Everybody stops and they staring at me
I got passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it
I'm sexy and I know it (x2)

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle yeah (x3)

Do the wiggle yeah

I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT...

Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out
Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out

Gender Roles/Differences

Object of Homosexual Desire

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 20


A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted 
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,         5
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling,
Much steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,                10
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.


Literary Devices Used
- anaphora (9/11),
- idiom (6)
paronomasia (7, 13)
personification (1, 10, 12)
- zeugma (2 - 1/3/5)

The speaker in this sonnet addresses his fancy for a particular man, much to his dismay. The opening octet gives reasons for his desires and adoration through Shakespeare's utilization of zeugma, with the verb in line 2 and the linking items in lines 1, 3, and 5.

Father/Daughter Relationships



Hamlet/Ophelia
-enter nunnery!
-desire to ban marriages

Shylock/Jessica
-daughter eloped with Lorenzo, a Christian! shock and awe!    :O
(Lorenzo is also a friend of Shylock's enemy, Antonio)
which makes Shylock ever more determined to attain revenge from the Christians in trial

Father's Will/Portia
-contest of luck to win Portia - stipulated in his will

Baptista/Katherina + Bianca
-younger may date, so long as the older also partakes