William Shakespeare Quotes
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2004, Sonnet 142, lines 1-2.
This quotation gives us an insight into the sexual mores and its contrast with the teachings of Christianity ito the upper middle class n the American Colonial era. Guid was strong, but not strong enough to suppress the “evil” sexual activity.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
