英文版《李尔王》复习课程

英文版《李尔王》2Contents

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introduction

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ShakespeareWritingbackgroundPlotSummary

main

ideaThecause

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tragedycharacter

analysis

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WilliamShakespeare(26April1564(baptised)–23April1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld'spre-eminentdramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland'snationalpoetandthe"BardofAvon".Hisextantworks,includingsomecollaborations,consistofabout38plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrativepoems,andafewotherverses,theauthorshipofsomeofwhichisuncertain.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywright.

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introduction

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Shakespearethe

introduction

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Shakespeare4

majorworksand

magnum

opus

fourtragedies：Hamlet

Othello

Macbeth

KingLearFourComedies

:TheMerchantofVenice

AMidsummerNight'sDream

AsYouLikeIt

TwelfthNightorWhatYouWillhistorical

play：TheSonnets

：Beyondbooks5Thefourtragedies

AeschylusSophoclesEuripidesShakespeareWritingbackground6●political：Atthebeginningofthe17thcentury,queenElizabethIandJamesIregimealternation,theBritishsocialcontradictionsintensifies,socialvicesincreasinglyexposed.●Politics

:Capitalisteconomyrapiddevelopment.●culture：TheRenaissanceemphasisonhumanism.●society：Regularscriptofcapitalismdevelopmentofself-interestandhedonismtrendintensified,thesocietywhereprofit-worshipbecamemercenaryandposedathreattothesurvivalofsocialevils.●personage：Duringthisperiod,Shakespeare'sthoughtsandartisticmaturity,humanismidealviolentcollisionwithsocialreality.Hedeploredtheidealdifficulttoachieve,thecreationbytheearlypraisedhumanismidealintotoexposeandcriticizethesocialdarkness.7PlotSummary

◆WHO?李尔王KingLear女儿高纳里尔Goneril

里根Regan

考狄利娅Cordelia

葛罗斯特伯爵(大臣)Gloucester

儿子爱德伽（嫡）Edgar

爱德蒙（庶）Edmund臣子肯特伯爵TheEarlofKent

弄人TheFool

小丑PlotSummary

8◆WHAT?

1：RegularscriptdomineeringoldkingLearoldandfrail,decidedtotakebetweenthreedaughters,heexpressedaccordingtothegirlslovetoallocateanincomeperperson.Histwooldestdaughterusesweetwords,ofthefather'sheart,andhislittledaughtersaidthefittingNokingLearsatisfactory,hislittledaughterputbetweenthetwobigdaughter,daughterto,notapennywaslatertomarrythekingofFrance.

2：Detainedgloucestershireearl'syoungerson,ontheotherhand,becauseoftheirdiscontentisillegitimatechildwasborn,soplanaconspiracy,andmakesthesuspicionbetweengloucesterearlandhiseldestsonandloathed.

PlotSummary

91：Aftertheregularscriptinbetweentwodaughters,whiletwoeldestdaughtertoshowtherealfeatures.Learwasdrivenoutofthehouse,andhisentouragegloucestershiremetwithpoorTominthewindandrain,alsoisingloucesterEdmundintrigueandexpellingsonEd.Learthinksthisishisdaughtermisunderstanding,shouldbepunishedwithtwodaughters.Whenhewasblamingyourself,cametocomforthimbythehandofasaint.Thesaintiscordelia.◆HOW?

◆HOW?

Plotsummary10◆HOW?

2：Regularscriptintheend,theyoungestdaughterofthemilitarydefeat,shewascaughtupandLear,killedtoLeartheassassinlittlegirl,butshewasdead.EdgarfoundEdmundandfightwithhim,finallykilledEdmundEdgar.GonerilandReganalsodiedinthescrambletobejealous.Leartoosad,finallyalsocollapseanddie.

stage

photoofkingLearmain

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★RegularscriptwithlovenegativeSelfishPhilosophyandresetfaithinhumannature.ThetragedyofShakespearedepictedthetwofamilies,comparedtooneanother,reflectedintheparalleladvance,fullyrevealedthecoldrealityofthesocialatmospherehasbeendeclining,extremeindividualismhaserodedandpoisontherelationshipbetweenthenormalfamily,Humanrelationsapart.Shakespeareinrevealingrealityandevilofhumannatureatthesametime,andaffirmationofthehumanitarianofkindnessandgoodnessofhumannature,humanitarianismthought.

★Regularscripthumanistveryconsternationinfrontoftheirevocationofthedevil,theystarttotheirtheorieswererevisedandperfected.Theybegantoemphasizeloveandgoodness.Edyogaandcordeliaistheembodimentoflove,LiErshoucordeliaandquietlydie,rostknowEdKochofallexperienceafterthediewithasmile,theydieveryserene,becausetheyfinallyfoundaman's,whatkindofpersonisagreatandgood.

Causeof

tragedy13

Songtypefaceinthe20thcentury,"kingLear"isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare'sgreatesttragedies.

Becauseinadditiontomostoftheendofthemaincharactersdie,thekeyisininthefaceofanuglysideofhumannature,andthisistheeraithanuglysideofhumannatureledtoaseriesoftragedy.

Someoneevaluation:inallofShakespeare'swork,noonecancomparewithkingLear,canattheendsoperfectlycapturetheessenceoftragedyincontrast:heworld,onesideistryingtotranscendthelimitsofthebrave.character

analysis

：Lear14

Personalitywise

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theegocentric●PowerHolders

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rightscharacter

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：LearOrdinaryPeople

Wisemind

Egocentricity16

character

analysis

：LearThesoulofkingLearfromthenumbnesstremor,impetuouscalm,fromnowontofindasincere,loveandkindness,foundthespiritualend-result.Learthethoughtsandfeelingsduetothechangeofpositionandchangethementalstate,showsthehumanspirit,embodiestheShakespeareforresettingbeliefofhumannature.Thecause

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tragedy17◆Asafather,FatuousviolentandirrationalcharacterledtoLeartragedy.Lear'sfranticactfortheirowndestinyplantedtheseedsoftragedy.Histemper,domineering,notonlyrebuketheadmonitionandbanishtheoutspokenministerKent,andresolutelyanddon'twanttosayfalsedaughtercutofftherelationshipbetweenthefatheranddaughter.◆Asafeudalautocraticmonarchy,authoritarianism,exclusiveleadstothetragedyofLear.Kings:hethinkshisbodyisaslongastheeyesastare,Iamgoingtofrightentheretainer.◆Learthemaincauseoftragedyistheevilofthewickedmotivationandpurpose.Lear'sdaughtershadtohisfatherisagoodwordtotell.Actuallytheyloveistherightsandinterests,fatherhaveonceyou'vegotit,theyimmediatelybecomecallous.Aboveall,Leartherootofthetragedyisthatpeoplelackofpowerandgreedforpower.

Learand

Gloucester

18KentandthefoolKentandthefool20Kentisfrombeginningtoendinthedramaalwayskeepaclearhead,isar