... times. He wrote Sonnet 130, which has been recognized as "Anti-Petrarchian" on numerous occasions. In Sonnet 130, Shakespeare uses displeasing description of his mistress in order to contradict the Renaissance's concept of the ideal woman, which is commonly used in Petrarchian sonnets, and testifies that physical attraction does not necessarily have to be present in order for there to be love ... . In fact, Shakespeare creates a satirical or even mocking tone against the traditional love sonnet. He uses many references to objects of perfection ... 's never actually seen a goddess walk, h...

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... in differentiation. The Renaissance period focused mainly on individualism. William Shakespeare's plays reflected mostly on an individual and their well-being. In "Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve," John Milton focuses on Eve and her temptation. In the Romantic period, many stories also reflected on individualism. The themes of the plays, sonnets, poems, etc is mainly of one person trying to overcome ... poem of a lone farmer working herself to death. Renaissance and Romantic Literature also have several disparities. Romantics usually and obviously proclaimed ones love or hate for t...

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... innovative poems focusing on individuality. His use of the sonnet form of poetry influenced future English poets such as Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare. Petrarch believed that Italy should continue in the cultural tradition of the Roman Empire and wrote in both classical Latin and Italian. He ... the church. In 1327, he would meet his life long love Laura de Noves, (a Frenchwoman) who would give him inspiration for his sonnets in his collection written in Italian and entitled Rime in vite di Madonna Laura or Canzoniere (Songbook). Laura never returned his love and his ... life...

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... humanists such as D. Erasmus rejected religious orthodoxy in favor of the study of human nature, and such writers as Petrarch and G. Boccaccio in Italy, F. Rabelais in France, and W. Shakespeare in England produced works that emphasized the intricacies of the complex human character The style of architecture reflected that of classical culture and spread throughout Europe, replacing the medieval Gothic ... the architect, painter, organist, and writer Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. The great artists of the period made several notable contributions to literatur...

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