Shakespeare莎士比亚文学作品介绍英文课堂

? By means that are sometimes humiliating （ degrade ） , even painful, characters learn greater wisdom and emerge with a clearer view
of reality.
? Tragedies begin happily and end in misery.
Comedies, on the other hand, begin in misery
and end happily.
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Well-known Comedies
? The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 ? A Midsummer Night ' s Dream 仲夏夜之梦 ? Twelfth Night 第十二夜 ? As You Like It 皆大欢喜 ? All 's Well That Ends Well 终成眷属 ? Much Ado about Nothing 无事生非
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
别借债,莫放债.
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UneΒιβλιοθήκη Baidusy lies the head that wears a crown.
头戴王冠,寝食不安.
Meaning: A person who has great responsibility, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly.
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Shakespeare' s Language
? A mix of old and very new ? Rural and urban words/images ? Understandable by the lowest peasant
and the highest noble
Thou=you( 主格） Thy=your （物主代词 ） Thee=you （宾格）
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Meaning: It is best not to lend (money to others and not to borrow from others. When we lend sth, we risk losing both the thing we lend and the friendship with the other person.
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
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Shakespeare's Works
154 sonnets
十四行诗
2 long poems
37 plays
Comedies Tragedies History plays Tragi-comedies
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HIS TRAGEDIES
?among the most powerful studies of
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Meaning: That is a question whether to live on in this world or to die, that is, to take action or to do nothing.
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Four Great Tragedies
Hamlet(1601)
哈姆雷特
Othello(1604)
奥赛罗
King Lear(1605)
李尔王
Macbeth(1606)
麦克白
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HIS COMEDIES
? His comedies celebrate human social life even as they expose human folly（stupid） .
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Warming-up
Match the meaning with the quotation and the play.
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Meaning: Empty words, not real thoughts or ideas from the heart.
“Words, words, only words, no matter
from the heart”
空话,空话,只是空话,没有一点发自内心. 13
Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo ? Deny your father, and refuse your name…
Version In modern English
罗密欧,罗密欧,你为什么是罗密欧?否定你的父亲放弃 你的姓氏.
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Histories
? 2 Henry VI ? 3 Henry VI ? 1 Henry VI ? Richard III ? Richard II
? King John ? 1 Henry IV ? 2 Henry IV ? Henry V ? Henry VIII
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His History Plays
? History plays（sometimes known as
chronicle plays）----a highly popular form
of drama in Shakespeare' s time.
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Shakespeare' s Poetry
Poetry
? Venus and Adonis ? The Rape of Lucrece ? Sonnets
? `A Lover's Complaint' ? The Passionate Pilgrim ? The Phoenix and The Turtle
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Shakespeare' s Language
? Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”
? EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
human naturein all literature
?appropriately as the greatest achievements of his dramatic artistry
? his unforgettable tragic characters, such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth