Vendler brings up another point of criticism, which is the confessional aspect of Sonnet 35. Shakespeare uses the vocabulary of legal confession. In an essay by Katherine Craik she discusses the connection between this sonnet and the early criminal confession. Craik says, "the speaker testifies against the unspecified 'trespass' of a 'sweet thief', but simultaneously confesses to playing 'accessory' to the robbery."Related article: [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shakespeare_quarterly/v053/53.4craik.html].</ref> The speaker also excuses the beloved's sin, which brought about his "wrongful self-incrimination" in the sonnet. She concludes, "Fault can be transferred in the act of confessing, and judgments are clouded rather than clarified." Her conclusion aligns with Booth's claim that the speaker is an unlikeable one. It also aligns with Vendler's point that either the speaker or the beloved must be wrong. Craik's essay draws the conclusion that the speaker is actually at greater fault than the beloved.