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  • Essay / Theme of Immortality in Literature - 1122

    For centuries, people have desired to transcend the limitations of a temporary life, yearning for the ultimately unattainable goal of immortality. Poets also expressed in their works the desire to remain as they are with their beloved despite time and death. Although William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55" and Edmund Spenser's Amoretti's "Sonnet 75" both offer immortality through verse, only Spenser combines this immortality with respect and partnership, while Shakespeare promises himself l immortality as long as the sonnet continues to be read. Spenser debates with his lover, treating her as his equal while Shakespeare takes a selfish approach to the subject and praises himself. However, Shakespeare and Spenser treat the subject in an original and individual way. Spenser starts from an average situation and uses dialogue to convey the main idea. Shakespeare addresses the reader with a monologue. William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55" and Edmund Spenser's "Sonnet 75" both present the idea of ​​poetry's ability to immortalize and enable one to survive time and death. In Amoretti's “Sonnet 75,” Spenser claims to be able to give his beloved immortality through his poetry. He does it starting from a typical situation between two lovers. The circumstances are therefore general, but Spenser communicates in a way that makes the scenario intimately personal. His sonnet creates the image of an ideal love through the conversation between his lady and him, absorbed in each other, against the backdrop of the sea. In its opening lines, he projects the vivid image of a tide rolling on the sand of a beach while the speaker tirelessly attempts to write his lover's name on the wet shore. He would like to keep the middle of the paper......to immortalize it. In Edmund Spenser's “Sonnet 75,” according to Amoretti, the speaking character strives to immortalize his beloved with the help of his verses. William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55” takes a different view of the immortality of poems. The speaker of “Sonnet 55” exudes confidence and selfishness, asserting that his powerful verse will be forever immortalized through the praise and admiration of future readers. As a result, the poet will also be immortalized through his work. Spenser’s “Sonnet 75” and Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55” both offer immortality through verse. However, Spenser wishes to immortalize his beloved, while Shakespeare is the subject of his own sonnet and believes his immortality is imminent as long as the sonnet itself continues to be praised and remembered. Nevertheless, Shakespeare and Spenser treat the subject of immortality with a creative and charming approach..