If I lose my virginity, how will I become different as a person?

[dion09529]

you're wrong, i'm tellin' ya.

[Artemis]

Will you all stop going on about hunches, you know it hurts Oleg's feelings.

[dion09529]

Who gives a shit?

[TheFoX]

Who gives a shit?

Well, the hunch back does, as he was persecuted for his hunch.

[IdolEyes787]

... you know it hurts Oleg's feelings.

You just made that up as well.

Lying really becoming sort of a problem for you isn't it?

[Artemis]

... you know it hurts Oleg's feelings.

You just made that up as well.

Lying really becoming sort of a problem for you isn't it?

Lying has never been a problem for me.

[megabyteme]

... you know it hurts Oleg's feelings.

You just made that up as well.

Lying really becoming sort of a problem for you isn't it?

Oleg humped my leg once.

[OlegL]

So, Emergence of Modern Literature is one of the classes I took this semester. We are supposed to write an essay that "discusses a specific way in which the text portrays or makes an intervention in our ideas about human agency and social determinism. In other words, if the text had a philosophy about individualism and society, what do you think it would be?"
The text is Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare. You can read it here: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116.html
My rough draft for the essay looks like this:

"According to William Shakespeare, love is eternal and never changing. It transcends social boundaries and is the highest form of human experience. He believes that if other people prove that he's wrong about what constitutes love, it would mean he never actually wrote the poem. Only true minds can experience true love, according to him, so he feels there is no need to talk about those people who are incapable of experiencing true love. He believes an individual can decide for himself whether he experienced true love or not. In Shakespeare's days, people often got married not because they loved each other, but because they were forced into marriage. Shakespeare revolts against (the?) dominant society by writing this poem."

So, as I said, this is my rough draft. I wanted to show it to you because I am not sure if I became completely brain-dead or my brain can still function. Do you think I'll be able to pass that class if I put some effort into studying?

[IdolEyes787]

I think that Shakespeare is simply saying that the word "love" is often used but rarely meant.

As to how that relates to human agency and social determinism?
Methinks that yon professor is a bit too full of himself and should simply enjoy the poem instead of trying to dissect it .Of course then he'd have to get a real job and actually work for a living so not much hope in that ever happening.

But then I've always favoured Kipling.

[TheFoX]

Some times, what is, is, and there is no reason to go in to the depth of meaning, just take the meaning as is. Some people do too much analysing, trying to determine the meaning of 'is', instead of just applying 'is' in its purest state.