莎士比亞簡介課件

1、And His Sonnets and PlaysBorn in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564 Educated at a good grammar schoolMarried Anne Hathaway on Nov. 27, 1582(Sir Thomas Lucys persecution and the satirical ballad)Arrived in London in1586 or 1587 as a nobodyWorked as an actor and playwright with the Lord Chamberlains

2、Company (later The Kings Men). Later he became a share-holder of the company.Left London to Stratford in 1610.Died on April 23, 1616.The Hollow Crown37 plays and 154 sonnets;2 narrative poemsHis plays present the highest achievements of drama in the Renaissance England.1. 1590-1600, historical plays

3、 and comedies 22 plays in total including one tragedy Romeo and Juliet2. 1601-1608, tragedies Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear3. 1609-1612, dramatic romancesThe winters tale, the tempestNarrative poemVenus and Adonis, The Rape of LucreceSonnets: 154 sonnets1-126 written for a young man127-152

4、addressed a mysterious dark ladyAchievements in sonnets: creation of a different rhyme system. The first 12-line section to bring out the subject of the poem and elaborates on the content, and in the last 2 lines the poet sums up the moral message.Shall I/ compare/ thee to/ a sum/mers day? aThou art

5、 more lovely and more temperate: bRough winds do shake the darling buds of May, aAnd summers lease hath all too short a date: bSometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, cAnd often is his gold complexion dimmd; dAnd every fair from fair sometime declines, cBy chance or natures changing course untrim

6、md; dBut thy eternal summer shall not fade e Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; fNor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade, eWhen in eternal lines to time thou growest: fSo long as men can breathe or eyes can see, gSo long lives this and this gives life to thee gThe delays in killing

7、 his villainous uncleSamuel Johnson(18th century): the insane design is unnatural and unnecessary; Hamlet is too cruel to be liked.Goethe (19th century): as a humanist and a thinker, Hamlet thinks profoundly and is very cautious, trying to do the right thingFreudian interpretation (20th century): Ha

8、mlets delay comes from his Oedipus complex. He harbors an Oedipal love for his mother and a hatred for his own father. It is mainly Shakespeare who takes the liberty against the strict drama principle of Aristotles principles of three unitiestime, place and action, makes dramas more rich in tensions

9、 and more expressive.He breaks the division between tragedy and comedy and creates realistic plays that have both tragic and comic.The summit of the English RenaissanceA poet not of an age, but for all time (Ben Johnson)A poet of nature (Samuel Johnson)Synopsis : A noble general of Scotland Macbeth commits a regicide, murdered King Duncan under the urge of his wife lady Macbeth and the foretold prophecy. Theme: a tragedy of character and mo