In a research paper I am formulating I have to have a passage on Bard's Sexuality. I know that he Married Anne Hathaway and Fathered three children, but left the family. Was this because he was homosexual? Even if this wasnt the reason, are there not sonnets at somehow prove Homosexual acts? if so, please let me know which, I have a book of all his sonnets on hand. Thank you!
2007-03-04 10:20:40 · 9 answers · asked by Sarah Baby. 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Was Shakespeare homosexual?
The only indication we have that Shakespeare might have been gay comes from the sonnets. In the early sonnets, Shakespeare writes about his great love, who happens to be a young man. While many people assume this to mean that he had a male lover and thus was either gay or bisexual, there are others who still believe that his male friend was not his lover but someone who was simply very close to him emotionally. We will never know for certain because we have such little information about Shakespeare's personal life. To find out more information on the subject, read the analysis of sonnets 1, 2, 18, 44, 104, and 144 in my 'Sonnets' section.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/index.html
1-http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/1detail.html
2-http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/2detail.html
18-http://shakespeare.about.com/od/studentresources/a/sonnet18guide_2.htm
44-http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/44detail.html
104-http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/104detail.html
the above are analysis and modern day translations of the sonnets refferring to his homosexuality. In the sources section is how to site thee article!
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2007-03-04 11:10:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Was William Shakespeare Gay
2016-12-24 17:47:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Was William Shakespeare Gay?
In a research paper I am formulating I have to have a passage on Bard's Sexuality. I know that he Married Anne Hathaway and Fathered three children, but left the family. Was this because he was homosexual? Even if this wasnt the reason, are there not sonnets at somehow prove Homosexual acts? if...
2015-08-02 00:59:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because someone writes with grace and beauty does not necessarily mean they were gay. In fact, homosexuality did not exist until the 1900's. It was not even considered or thought about until quite recently.
He was just a very romantic guy and put out as a pansy because he wrote about romance.
This has been discussed by philosphers and historians, and the fact was that he left Anne Hathaway for another woman. He was straight.
2007-03-04 11:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 12⤋
No offense, but what idiot is asking you for a passage on Shakespeare's sexuality? Please! Where are you going to school? San Francisco? Like that's important? I think not. He could have been a turnip. It's what he WROTE that matters, not whether he cross dresses. Gees!
2007-03-04 16:20:12 · answer #5 · answered by Brush Hog 3 · 3⤊ 8⤋
He was actually married to Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. A girl and a pair of twins. But since then many historians have questioned his sexual orientation. Here's more information here:
2007-03-05 06:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by Charlie F 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He could have been gay. But now, a few centuries after he died, it is hard to prove one way or the other. When there is no proff of either homosexuality or heterosexuality, people usually assume (for God knows what reason) that the person was heterosexual.
2007-03-04 10:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
The sonnets do pose a problem in this regard. Tradional thinking has him composing them for his patron. But his patron could have been his lover, so no one really knows.
2007-03-04 11:11:33 · answer #8 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It have been proven in textbooks that yes he was gay
how do you think he wrote such amazing melodramatic plays?
2007-03-04 14:36:50 · answer #9 · answered by Jill 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
yeah like too gay to function
2014-08-20 02:51:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋