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Close Reading of shakespeare (continued)
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Second Reading: What does it mean?
Now that you have examined the painting carefully, what inferences can you make? What else might you say about the figure that goes beyond what is explicitly shown in the image?
Third Reading: How do you know?
Explain the connection between the details you notice and your interpretation
of these details. How might you use the details in the painting as textual evidence to support the inferences you have made?
Writing Prompt: Now that you have carefully examined the content of this painting and come to conclusions about what it shows explicitly and what inferences you can make about the meaning, write a paragraph that makes a connection between this painting and the sonnet. Be sure to:
• Write a topic sentence that identifies the connection between the sonnet and the painting.
• Choose several pieces of appropriate textual evidence to support explicit details and your inferences about meaning.
• Explain the significance of your textual evidence.
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