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Close Reading of shakespeare (continued)
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How does Proteus use the image of a nail to explain how he is being change because of his new feelings?
Even as one heat another heat expels,
Or as one nail by strength drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love
Is by a newer object quite forgotten.
Is it mine, or Valentine’s praise,
Her true perfection, or my false transgression, That makes me reasonless to reason thus?
She is fair; and so is Julia that I love—
That I did love, for now my love is thaw’d; Which, like a waxen image, ‘gainst a fire, Bears no impression of the thing it was. Methinks my zeal to Valentine is cold,
And that I love him not as I was wont.
O, but I love his lady too too much,
And that’s the reason I love him so little.
How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her! ‘Tis but her picture I have yet beheld,
And that hath dazzled my reason’s light;
But when I look on her perfections,
There is no reason but I shall be blind.
If I can cheque my erring love, I will;
If not, to compass her I’ll use my skill.
From Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Proteus:
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How does Proteus use the
image of a statue made of wax to describe his feelings for Julia?
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What does Proteus plan to do about his new feelings?
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