Theme of my second essay

For my second essay, I want to focus on how Olivia could be spoken about in Shakespeare's first sonnet. The first sonnet talks about how the young man is too self-absorbed to want to pass on his genes and procreate, or to pass on the beauty. This could easily be referred to Olivia because even Viola said to Olivia in Act 1, Scene 5, lines 240-242 "Lady, you are the cruel'st she alive If you will lead these graces to the grave And leave the world no copy." Viola told Olivia that she should marry Orsino so that her beauty lives on [because beauty lasts only so long]. This sonnet would be perfect with my theme of roses and beauty lasting only so much, because as people get older their beauty wears down, except for George Clooney who seems to get more and more handsome as time passes by, but in general- beauty should be passed along and Olivia did not want that at the beginning of the play. She did not find any MALE she encountered, worthy enough for her.