Shakespeare Sonnet

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-seasoned showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure,
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then bettered that the world may see my pleasure,
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look,
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.


I think this sonnet is glorifying someone or something. There is a sense that this person might believe that what they are glorifying something other people don't approve of. This may be the reason why the speaker refers to it as glutton. If someone is a glutton, then they are gorging themselves on something they don't need.

The Wife of Bath

I think that the wife is not someone that women today should be proud of. Today's society looks down on those that have been married multiple times. It isn't that bad if someon has been married twice. No one can predict a marriage, but 5 times is just a little too excessive. Also, she says that she welcomes the sixth. Most women and men would view her as a floosy. I think I spelled that right.

Modern Day Pardoner

The pardoner is like a street hustler. He says he's doing something legitmate, but in reality he's just trying to get your money. He tells you what you want to hear. He tells you that what he has will make your life better and easier. At the end of the day all he wants to accomplish is make money while putting forth the least amount of effort possible.