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dramatist, man of theatre, and poet

He was born on 23 April 1564 and died on 23 April 1616.

Life Story

His birthday is traditionally celebrated on 23, April, which is the date of his death.

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Comments by the Contemporaries

1.Edmond Spenser, Robert Greene The rise and success of “an upstart cro

w”( 用美丽的羽毛装饰起来的狂妄自大的乌鸦 ) 2. Francis Meres: one of the leading figure

s of the time and “the most excellent” in both comedy and tragedy

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Comments by the Contemporaries

A handsome, well-shaped man, very good company (同伴,朋友) , and of a very ready (敏捷的) and pleasant smooth (平和的) wit (大智)

The “gentle (文雅的) Shakespeare”, “gentle Will”

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Ben Jonson’s Comments

blot out: 抹掉 ; malevolent: 恶意的 ; posterity: 子孙 , 后代 ; fault: 出错 ;

justify: 证明 ; candour: 坦率 ; idolatry: 崇拜偶像 ; fantasy: 幻想 ; notions 概念 , 想法 ; flow with: 富有 ; facility: 熟练 , 技巧 ; such like: 一类 ; redeem: 拯救 , 解救 homage: 敬意 ; owe to: 归功于

p.55—56

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays ( the first )

1. The first period of early apprenticeship:

1) Henry VI, Part II, III, I 《亨利六世上、中、下》

2) Richard III 《里查德三世》3) The Comedy of Errors

《错误的喜剧》 《错中错》 4) Titus Andronicus 《泰特斯 · 安庄尼克

斯》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the first)

5) The Taming of the Shrew 《驯悍妇》6) The Two Gentlemen of Verona

《维洛那二绅士》7) Love’s Labor’s Lost 《爱的徒劳》 《空爱一场》

8) Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the 2nd)

2. the second period of rapid growth and maturity:

1)  Richard II 《里查德二世》2) A Midsummer Night’s Dream 《仲夏夜之梦》

3)  King John 《约翰王》4) The Merchant of Venice 《威尼斯商人》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the 2nd)

5) Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II 《亨利四世》

6) Much Ado about Nothing 《无事自扰》 《无事生非》

7) Henry V 《亨利五世》8) The Merry Wives of Windsor 《温莎的

风流女人》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the 2nd)

9)  Julius Caesar 《凯撒大帝》 10) As You Like It 《如愿》 《皆大欢喜》  11)  Twelfth Night 《第十二夜》

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3. the third period of Gloom and Sadness:

1)  Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》 2)  Troilus and Cressida 《特洛埃勒斯与克莱西达》 3) All’s Well That Ends Well 《终成眷属》 4) Measure for Measure

《恶有恶报》 《一报还一报》 5) Othello 《奥塞罗》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the third)

6)  King Lear 《李尔王》 7)  Macbeth《麦克白》《麦克佩斯》 8) Antony and Cleopatra 《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉 》

9) Coriolanus 《科利奥兰纳斯 》 10) Timon of Athens 《 雅 典 的 泰

蒙》

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A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays (the 4th)

4. the fourth period of calm after storm:

1)  Pericles 《波里克利斯》 2) Cymbeline 《辛柏林》 3) The Winter’s Tales 《冬天的故事》 4)  The Tempest 《暴风雨》 5) Henry VIII 《亨利八世》

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Four periods of Shakespeare’s Dramatic Composition

The first period of early : Experiments in a number of dramatic form:

1. The historical play2. Varieties of comedy

3. The revenge tragedy4. The romantic tragedy

5. Narrative poems1. Venus and Adonis 《维纳斯和阿道尼斯》2. The Rape of Lucrece 《露克丽丝受辱记》

apprenticeship

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The First Period of Apprenticeship(1590—1594)

Shakespeare’s first theatrical success:

Henry VI, in three acts

Henry VI, Part IHenry VI, Part IIHenry VI, Part III

Richard IIIfirst historical tetralogy ( 四部曲 )

history of the War of the Roses

recent historyof England

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Four Comedies in the First Period

The Comedy of Errors

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Taming of the Shrew

Love’s Lover’s Lost

comic confusions in the same city, in one day, twin brothers with their twin servants

Valentine, Proteus Silvia, Julia

Katharine,Petruchio 彼得鲁乔

King of Navarre and his three lordsPrincess of France and three of her attendant ladies

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Earliest successful tragedy:Earliest successful tragedy: Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet

Two families in Verona: bitter enmity 仇恨 the Capulets and the Montagues

a feast—Romeo—love—secret marriage—kill—banishment( 流放 )—marry Paris, a young nobleman—sleeping potion —profound sleep—poison, die—stab with dagger

Though a tragedy, there is notinge (hint) of pessimism in the play. It is a song of youth and true love.

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Writing Features of the First Period

1. concerned with the affairs of youth and full of romantic sentiment

2. early history plays, handle political themes and give historical lessons

3. extraordinary facility( 熟练 ) in expression and a felicity( 恰当 ) in the choice of phrases and epithets( 表示性质、特征的形容词 )

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Features of the First Period

4. not so much on character as on fine or witty speech and situation at first

5. mistaken identity, the best source of fun

6. historical accuracy, not so strictly regarded

7. an increasing insight into character and mind, a good command of characterization in Romeo and Juliet

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Features in the First Period

8. poetical dramas: important dialogues and soliloquies( 独白 ) assume( 采取……形式 ) the form of poetry

9. the influence of Marlowe, blank verse in drama which developed into a happy vehicle (means) to express all kinds of thought and emotion freely

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The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—1600 )

A period of great comedies and mature historical plays:

1) 6 comedies, 2) 5 historical plays, 3) a Roman tragedy, 4) and some sonnets.

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The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—1600 )

advance in every way

knowledgewisdompolitical insightdramatic skillcreative powercharacterizationversification( 作诗 )

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The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—1600 )

In comedies, the general spirit is optimism.

redolent 芬芳的 ,pure, green, flowers, sunshine, gladness, youthful laughter

sorrow, pathos, sin, innocent sufferguilty, unpunished

Virtue shall have its reward and triumph and thewrong shall disappear before the forces of good

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The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—1600 )

In the historical plays of the second period, different phases (stage, period) of English life are shown before us:…courtiers ( 朝臣 )…tavern( 小酒馆 , 小旅馆 )…rogues( 流氓 , 无赖 )

The second period is Shakespeare’s sweet and joyful time, portraying a magnificent panorama (view) of the manifold (various) pursuits of people in real life.

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The Second Period of Rapid The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—Growth and Maturity (1594—

1600 )1600 )

There is a great lift in characterization.1.a gallery of heroines of the comedies

由衷的 , 完全的ungrudging and unreserved dignity, honesty, wit, courage, determination, resourcefulness in emergency

Portia, Rosalynd, Viola, Beatrice

daughters of Renaissance2.simple and shrewd clowns

3.common peoplewit, humor and picturesque languageenliven the scenes

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Vivid Characters in the Historical PlaysVivid Characters in the Historical Plays

strong-willed and able, a guilty conscience, fearful for the future

Henry IV

prodigal, cold-headed, current politicsPrince Hal,

Henry V

brave, rash, impetuous ( 性急的 ), undiplomatic ( 无策略的 )

knight, villain, soldier, robber, cheat and wit

Sir John Falstaff

Hotspur

patriotic, national unity

force

vividness

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The Second Period of Rapid Growth and Maturity (1594—1600 )

many and diversified sources

Holinshed and Hall: ChroniclesSpenser: Faerie QueeneThomas Lodge( 洛奇 ): RosalyndeLudovico Ariosto ( 爱瑞奥斯托 ): Orlando

The first period made Shakespeare _________; in the second period, his position was secured as a ________ and highly successful ______ ,admired, praised and revered (respected) by everyone.

famous

dramatist poet

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• great tragedies and dark comedies: • aggravated (加重 ) tragic note (tone), • social upheavals• ill at ease (不安定 )• the Crown, absolutist专制主义者 , risings• In the atmosphere of general unrest, that S

hakespeare exposed mercilessly the complicated social contradictions.

The Third Period of Gloom and SThe Third Period of Gloom and Sadness (1601—1607)adness (1601—1607)

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The Third Period of Gloom and Sadness (1601—1607)

a m

ass o

f evil

murder, lust(不纯洁的欲望 ), treachery(背叛 ), ingratitude(忘恩负义 )and crime

Hamlet: hesitations, suspences,revenge

Othello:cheats of Iago 埃古 , death of Desdemona

Macbeth: traitor-couple murder

King Lear: his 3 daughtersingratitude of Goneril, Rogan. the death of Cordelia

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The Third Period of Gloom and Sadness (1601—1607)

The comedies written in the third period are known as ______ because they give _____ pictures of the world.

dark somber

vulgarest(最普遍的 ) reality:mean(卑鄙自私 ), low motives, mere wanton(奢侈享乐的荡妇 )

blood-proud, unfaithful, vicious, nauseating(另人作呕的 ) personality, trick

carnal(好色的 ) lustclass pride

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The Third Period of Gloom and Sadness (1601—1607)

Three pure and saintlike figures rise:_____________________________.

But the world around them is a foul (evil) cauldron( 大锅 ) of ____.

Shakespeare’s reading is _____and ______.

Isabella, Volumnia and Cordelia

vicewide

varied

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Fourth Period of Romantic Drama

a great peacefulness of light and a harmony of earth and heaven

All should be well in the end.

Calm and reconciliation: the change of life and mood in the later years of Shakespeare

He placed his hopes and aspiration(理想 ,目标 ) with the future of mankind.

Four romances or “reconciliation plays” ( 和谐剧 ) and one historical play

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Shakespeare’s Representative Plays

4 comedies:A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant of VeniceAs You Like ItTwelfth Night

4 tragedies:Hamlet, OthelloMacbeth, King Lear

2 historical plays:Henry IVHenry V

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Assignment

• Read the pages from p.64 to p.85, trying to get the main idea of each play, comedies, tragedies and historical plays.

• 1) major characters• 2) main plots


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