Shakespeare’s Sonnets 33 – 48
Sonnets 33 – 48 Sonnet 33 Summary: the poet has experienced ecstatic fulfilment in the past (he reports in the opening quatrain), but now the sun has disappeared and gloomier days are upon him. Even so, he does not blame the object of his affections that he has been let down and betrayed. Note: An […]
Timon of Athens (1607)
Introduction Sometime between 1604 and 1608, when Shakespeare had just turned 40, he wrote three plays that share a single theme: of generosity followed by ingratitude, leading to resentment, conflict and death. These three plays are “Timon of Athens” (c.1604), “King Lear” (c. 1606) and “Coriolanus (c.1608). The dates are speculative, but the uniformity of […]