tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post5539640414542812006..comments2023-09-07T04:49:10.648-07:00Comments on Literature and the Contemporary: Holy Sonnet and Wit Prompt 1Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post-73716477791475054862011-01-30T18:53:52.139-08:002011-01-30T18:53:52.139-08:00Hey Casey,
I really like how you included more th...Hey Casey,<br /><br />I really like how you included more then one sonnet and explained how each one would effect the play and change its outcomes. I definitely think that it would be a good idea to analyze the effect that Sonnet V would have on the play & possibly its ending. While you did mention the sonnet, it was more along the lines of how it fit into the play, but now how it would change it. You talked about how the line about "new seas..." played into her character development, but you could use that line to also talk about how Vivian's tears at the end washed away her sins & sorrows and served as her last "cleansing" before she past away.<br /><br />"Drown my world with my weeping earnestly,<br />Or wash it if it must be drown'd no more."Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00706747786607943612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post-92050141674319911082011-01-29T11:50:38.981-08:002011-01-29T11:50:38.981-08:00I like the first paragraph - however, I think that...I like the first paragraph - however, I think that it's not completely obvious that Vivian really ever had regrets. I think you're right that it's clear which Edson prefers between her and E.M. - but I'm not sure that Vivian herself would agree. That line of thought could have been fleshed out. Your discussion of the role played by three of the sonnets in the play is good; it's a solid analysis.<br /><br />I also think your discussion the contribution that Sonnet IX would have made is good. Curiously, you missed the fact that it *does* play a significant role in the play - page 49.<br /><br />Instead of just making fun of you for missing it, though (as tempting as that is), I do think you open up an interesting line of thought by pointing out that this sonnet would be a great way of interrogating Vivian's temptations - and I think your guess at what her temptations are is good, although I also wonder if there is a kind of temptation involved in overcomplication... Investigating that question would be one approach in a revision; so, too, would be including a poem which isn't *actually* incorporated into the play.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com