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What does the speaker suggest in the first lines of Sonnet 121?

Atrue honor is always recognized

Bbeauty outshines all faults

Cbeing vile is better than being considered vile

Dlove is blind to imperfections

Answer:

C. being vile is better than being considered vile

Read Explanation:

  • In the first lines of ‘Sonnet 121,’ the speaker begins by making a statement about being “vile” He suggests that actually being vile is better than being considered vile when one isn’t actually acting that way.

  • The latter doesn’t give one the opportunity to actually commit the “vile” act.

  • One is labeled that way without the satisfaction of going through with something others disapprove of.

  • In these lines, the speaker is vaguely suggesting that he dislikes hypocrisy and that he’s going to focus on being himself.


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