Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet,
I'd have you do it ever: when you sing,
I'd have you buy and sell so, so give alms,
Pray so, and, for the ord'ring of your affairs,
to sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that, move still, still so
And own no other function..."
(Act IV Scene iv Lines 136-43)
Okay how stinking cute is Florizel and Perdita? He is so good with words. Not only is he Mr. Perfect but he falls in love with the shepherd's daughter. So he is a romantic hunk who's also down to earth. He obsesses over her beauty and can't take his eyes off of her. He calls her the goddess of flowers and is taken back in awe of her radiance. He makes sure to explain to her that social statuses should not interfere with love, and he would rather lose his fame, wealth, and power than to lose her. The way he talks to her makes me melt.
Plus, this was really fun to read after writing those sonnets...I have a much greater appreciation for how poetic these love poems are between Florizel and Perdita!
#relationshipgoals
Shakespeare totally rocks at these picture-perfect, Cinderella type love stories.
And did Perdita remind anyone else of 2015 teenage hipster girls at coachella with flowers around their head?
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Take home: Shakespeare was the greatest trendsetter of all time.
Love the "take home," hahaha. It's true that Shakespeare has influenced so much more than just literature, I'm sure his influence on fashion could be successfully argued, too ;)
ReplyDeleteI didn't connect our sonnet study to the loving stanzas exchanged between Florizel and Perdita! That's such a cool connection! Shakespeare is the master at love poems. And maybe fashion. :)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Now we all have the experience to woo properly.
DeleteI liked these passages too! Trooo luve is wut bwings us togefher.... I thought that Florizel's love was interesting in the context of feminist reading. Why do you think he chose to love Perdita? Or rather, why did Shakespeare write it that way? Was it only because she was lovely and beautiful? Is love trying to say that beauty is the highest value to try to achieve? I thought the whole idea of the son of a king loving a shepherd's daughter was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI do agree. It is a very head over heels love story. Shakespeare particularly highlights this, I think, because he is really trying to highlight the difference between Winter and summer.
ReplyDeleteI do agree. It is a very head over heels love story. Shakespeare particularly highlights this, I think, because he is really trying to highlight the difference between Winter and summer.
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