Monday, Jan.23 ~ Tell us about Shakespeare!

Today's Presenters

• Zoe ~ EQ:What conspiracy theories exist about Shakespeare and how valid are they?
• Bri ~ EQ: How does Shakespeare approach gender and sexuality?
• Sarah ~ EQ: How did Shakespeare influence modern media and culture?

If we have time, we can play with Sonnet 29

SONNET 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Paraphrase and Analysis of Sonnet 29