Question

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

• A. true honor is always recognized
• B. beauty outshines all faults
• C. being vile is better than being considered vile
• D. love is blind to imperfections

Answer 1

Answer:

C. being vile is better than being considered vile

• 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.