Shakespeare's first sonnet: Reading through repetitions
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Yair Neuman
Yair Neuman (b. 1968) is an associate professor at Ben-Gurion University 〈yneuman@bgu.ac.il 〉. His research interests include semiotics, psychology, psychoanalysis, and information technology. His publications includeReviving the living: Meaning making in living systems (2008).
Abstract
Repetition is of interest to both psychoanalysis and poetry. In this paper, I read Shakespeare's first sonnet through a unique form of repetition – the rhyme. More specifically, and from a semiotic perspective, I read the rhyme in Shakespeare's sonnet as a sign uncovering unconscious conflicts concerning objects' relations. This interpretation locates banned masturbation, a major theme of the sonnet, within three resonating threads: the socio-cultural context, the psychological context of internal object relationships, and the context of poetic creativity.
About the author
Yair Neuman (b. 1968) is an associate professor at Ben-Gurion University 〈yneuman@bgu.ac.il〉. His research interests include semiotics, psychology, psychoanalysis, and information technology. His publications include Reviving the living: Meaning making in living systems (2008).
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