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• 历史剧
• 亨利四世，第一卷（Henry IV, part 1） • 亨利四世，第二卷（Henry IV, part 2） • 亨利五世（Henry V） • 亨利六世，第一卷（Henry VI, part 1） • 亨利六世，第二卷（Henry VI, part 2） • 亨利六世，第三卷（Henry VI, part 3） • 亨利八世（Henry VIII） • 约翰王（King John） • 里查二世（Richard II） • 里查三世（Richard III）
– a summer’s day: In England, summer is not hot but comfortably warm. It is the most pleasant season of the year.
– thou art: old use for “you are”
– temperate: gentle, soft, mild
• 威尼斯商人(The Merchant of Venice) • 温莎的风流娘们(The Merry Wives of Windsor) • 爱的徒劳(Love‘s Labour’s Lost) • 维洛那二绅士(The Two Gentlemen of Verona) • 泰尔亲王佩力克尔斯(Pericles Prince of Tyre) • 辛白林(Cymbeline) • 冬天的故事(The Winter's Tale) • 暴风雨(The Tempest)
• 喜剧
• 错误的喜剧 (The Comedy of Errors) • 终成眷属(All‘s Well That Ends Well) • 皆大欢喜(As You Like It) • 仲夏夜之梦(A Midsummer Night’s Dream) • 无事生非(Much Ado About Nothing) • 一报还一报(Measure for Measure) • 暴风雨(The Tempest) • 驯悍记(Taming of the Shrew) • 第十二夜(Twelfth Night or What You Will)
• 悲剧
• 罗密欧与朱丽叶(Romeo and Juliet) • 麦克白(Macbeth) • 李尔王(King Lear) • 哈姆雷特(Hamlet) • 奥赛罗(Othello) • 泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯(Titus Andronicus) • 裘力斯·凯撒(Julius Caesar) • 安东尼与克莉奥佩屈拉(Antony and Cleopatra) • 科利奥兰纳斯(Coriolanus) • 特洛埃围城记(Troilus and Cressida) • 雅典的泰门(Timon of Athens)
– darling: lovely; dear; charming
– lease: (a term used in law) the length of time during which a legal agreement is to last. Here it is figuratively used, meaning “lifetime”.
• a distinctive type or category of literary composition, such as the epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, and short story.
• William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small country town. Very little is known about Shakespeare early life
• Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
• And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
– rough: violent; terrible
– do shake: The word “do” is used here for emphasis.
William Shakespeare 1564-------- 1616
an English poet and playwrig源自文库t
• A literary genre is a category of literary composition. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or even (as in the case of fiction) length.
– Paraphrase: How can I compare you to a summer’s day since you are lovelier and gentler than it?
• Note that the second line actually serves as the adverbial of cause to the first line. (Implication: You are much better, much more beautiful than summer.)
•诗
• 十四行诗（The Sonnets） • 鲁克丽丝失贞记（The Rape of Lucrece） • 维纳斯和阿多尼斯（Venus and Adonis）
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. thee: you (old use: the object form of thou) you—thou you—thee your—thy yours—thine