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WilliamShakespeareChapter4——MengpingYangXiaorongLiu

WilliamShakespeare

1564-1616“Alltheworld'sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”MainContents1.Shakespeare'sliteraryposition2.Shakespeare'sLegendlife3.Shakespeare'smasterpiece△ShakespearewasborninBritaininApril23,1564,centralWarwickCountyalongtheEvanRiverinStratford,awealthyfamilies.Shakespeare(1564~1616)theGreatRenaissancedramatist,poet,EuropeanRenaissancehumanismliteraturesynthesizer.△1571：wenttoagoodgrammerschoolbuthadtolearn

LatinandGreek.Duringthesixyears,hegot

commandofthebasicalwritingskillandrich

knowledge.

△1577：wastookbackfromschoolbyhisfather,anddidall

kindofjobs,whichrichedhissocialexperience.

Youth△1582：marriedAnneHathawayandlaterhad3children.△1588：startedtowriteplays△1990：Thedramawasbecomingpopular,soheworkedintroupeasfactotumatfirst,thenasactorordirectorandfinallyasthestockholder.△1597：boughtoneofthelargesthousesinStratford,whichshowedhisfinancialaffairswentwell.△1610：retiredtoStratfordbutstillwentonwriting.TroupecareerMasterpiece△Comedy△Tragedy：△SonnetsTheMerchantofVeniceTheTwelfthNightAsYouLikeItMeasureforMeasureAMid-SummerNight’sDreamAproblemplay

△racialprejudice

△Jews

Whatyouwill

TragedyHamletKingLearMacbethOthelloAsthefirstofthegreattragedies,itisgenerallyregardedasShakespeare'smostpopularplayonthestage.Thefamouslineintheplay"tobe,ornottobe"byHamletisoftenquotedbypeople.Hamletisarevengestoryanditisperhapsthemostdiscussedofthefour.WhathascausedthelongdisputeoverthistragedyisthequestionwhyHamletdelaysintakingaction.SamuelJohnson:Hamletistoocrueltobeliked.

Goethe:Hamletisahumanistandathinker.

Anewliterarytheories:Oedipuscomplex.Oedipuscomplex(俄狄浦斯情结)Boysdonothatetheirfathersbecausetheywouldliketohavesexwiththeirmothers.Oedipusisaprince.Unknowingly,hekilledhisfatherandmarriedhismother.kingLearThistragedydepictsanagedkingwhobelievesinsuperficialwordsandisvainenoughtojudgerashlythatthedaughterwhofailstosayflatteriesthingsdoesn'tlovehim.Butthepricehepaysforhismistakeistooheavy.TheshortesttragediesofShakespeare’workItisShakespeare’sgreatartisticpowerthatrendersamurderertostirinusthekindofsympathyTellshowabraveandnobleMoorOthellowalksintothetrapsetforhi