rom the Sonnets:

In five complete sentences, focus on a particular aspect of the sonnets as you address one of the following prompts:

Choose one prompt to answer in one paragraph consisting of five complete sentences. Cite from a poem or poems directly. Cite the poet’s last name and lines when referencing each sonnet, as follows: (Petrarch, lines), (Shakespeare, lines), (Sunjata. “title of the chapter”, pg.) or (Milton, lines).

1. Are Sonnets 116 and 130, written by Shakespeare, utilizing and focusing more on Humanist concepts, such as Platonism and Neo-Platonism through the semblance of courtly love, or do they mostly promote Individualism through his lyrics as he declares that “If this be error and upon me prov’d, I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d”? Do you think Shakespeare is writing to a lover, or to only a friend? Justify your answer. How do these different philosophies impact the notion of the Renaissance’s establishment of a “rebirth” of the culture based on your interpretation?