Shakespeare's sonnet CXLIV Shakespeare writes about the struggle between two opposing forces, good and evil.
Date Submitted: 09/20/2004 17:28:28
In sonnet CXLIV by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare writes a sarcastic theme
about the struggle between good and evil and how he hopes good will prevail, but in
reality he knows evil will. To "two angels" on his shoulder, as the poem at first glance
conveys, could possibly be metaphors for his real-life loves; The man, and the Dark
Lady. Through the poem Shakespeare explains how his "worser evil" tries to sway his
"better angel" from
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conflict Shakespeare faces in reality. He really does have "two loves of comfort and
despair". Shakespeare shows people can be manipulative, and it is easy to take advantage
of a good thing. This poem can relate to people who are even just friends, and not lovers,
could go through the same things and emotions. Time cannot change people or evitable
outcomes, nor it can it change people. People just try to change each other.
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