Sept.11-15

Aim: Renaissance sonnets often focus on the great beauty of the beloved. How important is physical beauty or attractiveness in today’s society?
Do Now: What do you think makes you beautiful?
I think what makes me beautiful will be my personality, the way I act toward people and when I help people.

Sonnet 130
Comprehension check:
Is the speaker’s mistress dark or fair?
-Fair
Do the flaws pointed out by the speaker affect his love for the woman described?
-no
Think Critically:
What do you think is the speaker’s attitude toward the woman he loves?
-The speaker loves the woman no matter her flaws because their love is rare.
Think about: his descriptions of her physical characteristics, his descriptions of her voice, his conclusion in the couplet.
What do you think might have been Shakespeare’s purpose in writing this sonnet?
-Shakespeare's purpose in writing this sonnet was probably was to tell the truth about the woman and even through she has flaws he loves her.
Does this poem present a realistic or idealized portrait of the beloved?
-I think that it's idealized portrait because no one will have that many flaws.

Mini Lesson:
Figurative Language is language that conveys meaning beyond the literal meanings of words. Similes and metaphors are types of figurative language. Simile uses the word like or as to make comparisons. A metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as.

Literary Analysis: find a simile and metaphor in Sonnet 130
-Line 1 is a simile. Line 2 and 4 are metaphors.