Write a short note on treatment
of time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Shakespeare
uses the word 'time' seventy-eight times in the sonnets 1-126. As we go through
the sonnets it seems to us that the narrator is hauntingly preoccupied with the
passing of time and everything that it entails, including mortality, memory,
inevitability, and change. He is distressed over such things that he has no
control over time ,but still he tries to conquer the time.At times it seems
that the speaker is fighting a futile battle against time itself.
Time personified
Shakespeare
often personifies time.It is said that Time is the fourth character in his
sonnets.But the Time is the great villain in Shakespeare’s
sonnets-drama.Shakespeare describes time as a "bloody tyrant" (Sonnet
16), "devouring" and "swift-footed" (Sonnet 19). Time is
making Shakespeare old and near "hideous night" (Sonnet 12) or death.
And time will eventually rob the beauty of the young man. This treatment of
time is prevalent throughout the sonnets, and it takes many different forms,
sometimes referring to the destructive power of time in general, other times
focusing on the effects of time on a specific character in the sonnets such as
the narrator or the fair lord..........................................................................................................................
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