英国文学史莎士比亚简介精品PPT课件

Shakespeare’s Birthplace --He was born in this house on Henley Street in Stratford-on-Avon in April 23 ,1564.
Shakespeare’s Burial Site-----He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, shown here.
The Third Period: The Period of Tragedies(1601～ 1609
The Fourth Period : The Period of Dramatic Romances (1609～1612)
The First Period ：In this period, he wrote the chronicle plays Henry VI and Richard III ；the crude tragedy of blood Titus Andronicus; and four comedies.
He was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
He left us a great wealth of 154 sonnets, 37 plays, including 14 comedies, 12 tragedies, and 11 historical plays, as well as two long poems.
•哈姆雷特Hamlet
•克劳狄斯Claudius
乔特鲁德Gertrude 哈姆莱特之母 奥菲利亚Ophelia 波洛涅斯之女
• 波洛涅斯Polonius （御前大臣） • 雷欧提斯 （波洛涅斯之子） • 霍拉旭（哈姆雷特之友） • 多森格兰兹（朝臣）吉尔登斯吞（朝臣） • 奥斯克里（宫廷大臣）
This is one of the most famous soliloquies of Hamlet’s.
▼ Soliloquy is the act of talking to oneself, whether silently or aloud. In drama it denotes the convention by which a character, alone on the stage, utters his or her thoughts aloud.
William Shakespeare
------(1564～1616)
●To be or not to be, that is a question.
生存还是毁灭，这是一个问题。
●Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
宁为聪明的渔夫，不做愚蠢的才子。
●A light heart lives long.
Romeo aAndMJidusliuemt mer Night’s Dream
《哈姆雷特》讲述了丹麦王子哈姆雷特 为父复仇的故事。哈姆雷特从父王的鬼魂口 中得知叔叔克劳地杀兄篡位的秘密，但却一 直犹豫该如何着手报仇。结果哈姆雷特误杀 未婚妻奥菲莉娅的父亲波洛涅斯，导致她因 此发疯坠河而死。他的母亲后来也误饮毒酒 身亡。优柔寡断的王子终于在怒不可遏之下 杀死万恶的叔叔。
Melancholy（忧郁） – Father’s death His disappoint with his mother
Impulsive （冲动）– When he stabs Polonius through a curtain without even checking who he is Looking down upon women – His words often indicate his disgust with all distrust of women in general Hesitation – He thinks a lot before action
To be or not to be On finding out the murder
Characteristics of Shakespeare’sቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱDrama
Shakespeare’s success as a great playwright chiefly rest on the following five aspects: 1) The progressive significance of his themes; 2) His successful character portrayal; 3)His master-hand in constructing plays; 4) The ingenuity of his poetry; 5)His mastery of English language.
豁达者长寿
●Words , words, only words, no matter from the heart.
空话，空话，只有空话，没一点是真。
● A little more than kin, and less than kind.
超乎寻常的亲族，漠不相关的路人。——《哈姆雷特 》
● Nothing will come of nothing.
Four major periods of Shakespeare’s literary life
The First Period : The Experimental Period (1590～ 1594)
The Second Period: The Period of Comedies and Histories (1595～1600)