| Name of Activity (Chinese): | The Mysteries of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 |
| Unit: | Faculty of Arts |
| Location: | Hong Kong |
| Venue: | Online via Zoom |
| Date: | 2020-05-03 - 2020-05-03 |
| Time: | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
| Details: |
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”) is one of the most famous poems in English literature. But do we really understand it? It appears to promise the beloved eternal life, but can a poem really keep someone alive eternally? And how much do we know about the person it is addressed to: were they real, or fictional? And did Shakespeare want his sonnets published, or were they the expressions of a private, and perhaps shameful love? These are some of the questions this talk will raise. And though definitive answers to them are not always available, sometimes the mystery is more interesting. |
| Enrollment: |
https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/en-gb/about-us/events/534-public-online-lectures-arts-and-humanities-in-the-face-of-global-challenges |
| Enquiries: |
Tel: (852) 3943 7107 |