Connection with the sonnet 18

[linnie]

I found this poem really sweet! He was saying that his lover's beauty is immortal and always beautiful! I think no one in real life will say this to his or her boy or girlfriend. Anyway, so I found their might be connection with this theme or sonnet. I think it is really hard to find it in real life or personal experience.

One of the connections I found is in Greek Mythology. It doesn't deal with romantic things but it deals with immortality. I mean physical immortality in this case. For example, all the gods and goddesses were immortal and some son and daughter of the gods were immortal. Epic of Gilgamesh (people will know if they take World History) also talks about being immortal, even though Gilgamesh fails. What other connections can you find?

[james]

Yeah the poem was lovely and whatever... Anyways.. I thought that the poem has a lot of connections with the,, romeo and juliet. You know how Romeo was very dedicated to his lover, Juliet, and saying that the beauty of juliet's shall not fade ever. Romeo was very dedicated to juliet and loved her so much...i think theyre pretty related and the sonnet 18 is somethig thay should have came out in romeo and juliet i think.. So that was one connection and just like what you said, i think people can find a lot of connections with greek mythology..

[lukejoo1092]

This is kind of random, but what just swept through my mind was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The villain of the story, Tom Riddle, is described as a partially immortal character. He can live as long as his diary continues to exist. So the main goal of the movie was Harry to destroy the diary and kill Tom Riddle. Similar to how Tom Riddle will last forever as long as his diary will last forever, the beauty of his lover will last forever as long as the poem will last forever. Both the diary and poem give life to their owners, giving them immortality. Although it's a bit random I think I could say that this is a connection too.

[woojongpark]

The connection I made is not exactly related to the love, but it is related to the "summer" and immortality described in the sonnet. I thought the immortality is similar to Pheonix, which lives eternally by going through the cycle of life and death over and over again. Like the Pheonix, summer stays for only a short period of time, but it comes back after a year. Although the author of sonnet 18 said that summer is not eternal, I think summer can be described as eternal since it comes back every year.

[|Ruchira|]

i thought the sonnet was about love being eternal and i think shakepeare showed that very well in his play romeo and juliet

[sazad100]

I agree with Luke and it is a super connection buddy. The verses of Shakespeare gives life to his lover which means that she will be remembered as long as the poem exists in the same way that the diary gave life to Voldemort.

[sergeyfen]

hehe after reading replies i also found out it very connecting with Romeo and Juliet. I got idea that maybe Shakespeare has written Romeo and Juliet by connecting his sonnets into one story or whatever you call it. Who knows maybe its true, hehe

[brandonina]

Well, I can make a simple connection with the Sonnets. I've never fallen in a true "love" but I know that if you get to like a person, he or she looks extremely beautiful. And also, you would naturally think and wish your lover's beauty to become immortal. I don't really know why I was able to feel connection with Shakespeare's perspectives toward his lover. But anyways, I don't really think "immortality" exists. It's just Shakespeare's desire to keep his lover's beauty.

[yeajinchoi]

I can connect this to twilight!! haha but seriously. Edward made Bella into a vampire which made her immortal at the same time. So in the movie, they made Bella's beauty and body physically immortal while the poem made the beauty of Shakespeare's lover immortal written-wise (?)

[esther]

haha i agree with yeajin. I was able to connect this to twilight because vampires live forever without getting old, which is exactly described in sonnet 18.

[ExtremelyExtremeExtremist]

I can only think of Shakespeare¡¯s another work, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet¡¯s love never faded, similar to eternal love mentioned in Sonnet 18.

[sorn]

I agreed with Esther and Yeajin that it really connects to twilight because as you all know they are immortal and all of the vampires look really good and everything. But for me I don't really think that immortal exist but when you love someone really much, you really wish that you could be with them forever which I also think that it connects to Romeo and Juliet too.

[nadiraamalina]

This is sort of a connection with literature, but I think that some authors put down the names of the people that their stories are dedicated to in the last few pages of their books. So even if a person reads that book 300 years after it's been published, they'll see the names of the people it's dedicated to in the back, so they're effectively immortal.

Also, the characters in the stories will also be immortal in the hearts and minds of the fans, even if the author of the story is long dead and the book series have been discontinued.

[junilee26]

Yes i do agree with Esther and Yeajin. it has to do with twilight because it mentions about Shakespeare wanting to stay with his lover forever.

[junilee26]

Hellooooo hehehe