Literature: Shakespeare and Freud

Shakespeare and Freud on Embodied Love

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Shakespeare and Freud on Embodied Love

The essence of Shakespeare 's concept of embodied love ' is captured in two of his sonnets , specifically in Sonnet 29 and

in Sonnet 130 . The concept revolves around the idea of romantic passion exemplified through strong physical attraction . Freud will respond to Shakespeare 's notion of embodied love ' by claiming that beauty , due to its lack of purpose , is nothing but mere attributes of the object to which sexual attraction is directed . Thus , Freud will not entirely agree with Shakespeare in understanding the beauty of a person as worthy of all the troubles one can take for the sake of experiencing beauty , so to speak However , Freud may agree to a certain extent that people , in their quest for happiness , will likewise seek the things that find as beautiful for after all , life becomes a little happier with the enjoyment of beautiful things

Sonnet 130 provides an insight on how love can come in the form of physical adoration . Shakespeare writes about his physical adoration for his mistress , such as his comparison of his woman 's eyes to that of the sun , with...