Shakespeare莎士比亚

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Classical episode analysis
Act 1 King Lear of Britain decides to divide his realm among his three daughters.The eldest,Goneril, speaks first and then Regan, finally Cordelia.
King Lear
King Lear Three daughters
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Adaptations of King Lear
Films
Plays
My Kingdom (2001) King of Texas (2002)
Baghban (2003)
The History of King Lear (1681) The Yiddish King Lear (1892)
Comment 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge says of King Lear: “ It begins as a stormy day in summer, with brightness; but that brightness is lurid, and anticipates the tempest.” ---(King Lear Study Guide)
Brief Introduction
• An English poet, playwright.
• He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".
His main works
• Four tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth • Four comedies: The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth night
Goneril : Her expressions of love are extreme, having power has been most important to her.
Regan : She has no respect for age or rank, has no real reverence for her father, and her deportment is deceptive.
the fatuous king, flabby, incompetent
Regan
villainous , cruel, bloodthirsty, unyielding, selfish
Cordelia
dishonest , cruel, Goneril bloodthirsty, selfish
Character Map
Fool
Goneril
dog-eat-dog
Cordelia
married
King of France
murder
serves
Lear
The second
Regan
lovers
lovers
Edmund
Gloucester
Edgar
Character Analysis
Lear : despairing ,self-pitying, complex, remorseful, regretful
Safed Khoon (1907) Lear (1971)
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Synopsis
King Lear : It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, bringing tragic consequences for all.
As a father and master
He is a traditional figuer in romantic comdies. He refuses to allow his servant( Launcelot Gobbo) being stuffed.
Comment 3
George Bernard Shaw wrote, “No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear ”.
《The Merchant of Venice》
Show Time!
THE RIALTO. VENICE
HOUSE OF ANTONIO
series, directed by Trevor Nunn
2002--- directed by the
Don Selwyn
200Hale Waihona Puke Baidu--- directed by
Michael Radford
Social environment
Capitalism in England, had germinated, especially in 16th century. Intolerance of the Jews was a fact of 16th century life even in Venice.
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Analysis and criticism
Comment 1 Characters of Shakespeare's Plays No actors, he felt, could do justice to the overwhelming imaginative power of this play. "The greatest strength of genius", William Hazlitt writes, "is shown in describing the strongest passions".
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Main Characters
Lear – King of Britain
Goneril – Lear's eldest daughter Regan – Lear's second daughter Cordelia – Lear's youngest daughter Fool – Lear's fool (attendant)
Jew money-lender at high interest
Characters
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Shylock--- a rich Jew, moneylender
Shylock
As a usurer
mercenary, cunning, revengeful, greedy, stubborn, and very unpopular in the city
Act 2 Lear yields completely to his rage. He rushes out into a storm to rant against his ungrateful daughters, accompanied by the mocking Fool.
Some Famous Lines:
Earl of Gloucester Edgar – Gloucester's elder son Edmund – Gloucester's illegitimate son
Kent – later disguised as Caius
King of France – suitor and later husband to Cordelia
Lear : Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we have no such daughter, not shall never see that face of hers again. Therefore, be gone, without our grace, our love, our bension. come, noble Burgundy.
THE OFFICE OF SHYLOCK
VENETIAN STREET
THE PALACE OF JUSTICE
The version
1914--- A slient film Lois Weber
1973--- John Sichel directed TV series
2001--- BBC television
He absolves himself of any responsibility for his actions.
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Edmund: ambitious, an opportunist
His desire to use any means possible to secure his own needs makes him appear initially as a villain without a conscience.
Cordelia: Compassionate, royal, has virtue and purity, genuinely loves her father
Gloucester: A foolish old man He has inability to see through Edmund's lies quickly.
Jews in England
Jews were forced to live in the old walled foundry or ‘Geto’ area of the city. In the daytime any man leaving the ghetto had to wear a red hat to mark him as a Jew. The Jews were forbidden to own property.
3、 Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow, Angering itself and others.
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Major Themes
Power Nature's Law
Doubling
Parent-Child Relationship
what it expresses
Synopsis
Bassanio
a young moneyless man
Lovers
Portia
lawer in disguise beautiful
friends a bond
court
Antonia
a rich and good merchant
Shylock
a pound of flesh
1、Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides, who covert faults at last with shame derides. Well may you prosper.
2、’Tis the time’s plague when madmen lead the blind.
Pictures Information
Ppt Arrangement Video Wang Ping Wang Mengna
Wang Yanmei Wang Lu
Wang Leiji Wang Xuefang Wang Lijun
Wang Lan Wang Lin
Wang Tingli Wang Ping Wang Xin
(26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) By group one
Cooperation in group
Shakespeare 《The Merchant of Venice》 《King Lear》
Speaker Performance Wang Jingfeng Wang Xiaojuan Wang Shijiao，Wang Xing， Wang Jinwen, Wang Yaling Wang Jingfeng