TheMidsummerNightsDream(动画版) 仲夏夜之梦

TheMidsummerNight’sDream(动画版)仲夏夜之梦

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Born26April1564(birthdateunknown)Died23April1616(aged52)WilliamShakespearewasanEnglishpoetandplaywriter,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld’spre-eminent(卓越)dramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland‘snationalpoet.Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations(合作),consistofabout38plays,154sonnets（十四行诗）,twolongnarrativepoems,andseveralotherpoems.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywrights.BirthplaceofWilliamShakespeareShakespeare'sgrave.WritingcareerBetween1585and1592,hebeganasuccessfulcareerinLondonasanactor,writer.Shakespeareproducedmostofhisknownworkbetween1589and1613.Hisearlyplaysweremainlycomediesandhistories,heraisedtothepeakofsophistication（深度）andartistry（艺术性）bytheendofthe16thcentury.Hethenwrotemainlytragediesuntilabout1608,includingHamlet,KingLear,Othello,andMacbethHeappearstohaveretiredtoStratfordaround1613,wherehediedthreeyearslater.

Literature《终成眷属》All'sWellThatEndsWell又译：如愿《皆大欢喜》AsYouLikeIt《错中错》TheComedyofErrors又译：错中错喜剧、错误的喜剧《爱的徒劳》Love'sLabour'sLost《一报还一报》MeasureforMeasure又译：恶有恶报、请君入瓮、量罪记、将心比心#《威尼斯商人》TheMerchantofVenice《温莎的风流娘儿们》TheMerryWivesofWindsor《仲夏夜之梦》AMidsummerNight'sDream《无事生非》MuchAdoAboutNothing又译：捕风捉影、无事自扰《泰尔亲王佩力克斯》Pericles,PrinceofTyre又译：沉珠记《驯悍记》TheTamingoftheShrew《暴风雨》TheTempest*《第十二夜》TwelfthNightorWhatYouWill又译：随你喜欢《维洛那二绅士》TheTwoGentlemenofVerona又译：两贵亲《两位贵族亲戚》TheTwoNobleKinsmen

Comedy《罗密欧与茱丽叶》RomeoandJuliet《科利奥兰纳斯》Coriolanus《泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯》TitusAndronicus《雅典的泰门》TimonofAthens又译：黄金梦《凯撒大帝》JuliusCaesar《麦克白》Macbeth《哈姆雷特》Hamlet又译：王子复仇记《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》TroilusandCressida《李尔王》KingLear《奥赛罗》OthelloTragedy《十四行诗》TheSonnets《维纳斯和阿多尼斯》VenusandAdonis《鲁克丽丝失贞记》TheRapeofLucrece《热情的朝圣者》ThePassionatePilgrim又译：激情飘泊者《凤凰和斑鸠》ThePhoenixandtheTurtle《爱人的怨诉》ALover'sComplaint又译：情女怨Poem《约翰王》KingJohn《理查二世》RichardII《亨利四世(第一部)》HenryIV,part1《亨利四世(第二部)》HenryIV,part2《亨利五世》HenryV《亨利六世(第一部)》HenryVI,part1《亨利六世(第二部)》HenryVI,part2《亨利六世(第三部)》HenryVI,part3《理查三世》RichardIII《亨利八世》HenryVIIIHistoryAMidsummerNight’sDream

---Thedramamadebyshakespearein1596

HermiaLysanderEgeus(father)DemetriusWantedHermiamarryhimGoodfriendTheRelationshipabouttheCharactersMan’sWorld(人间)HelenaHermiaandHelena

TheRelationshipabouttheCharactersFairyland（仙境）

Oberon(King)Titania(Queen)Puck(fairy)ass(蠢驴)HaveacontradictionwitheachotherBelongtoSpecialrelationshipPuck(fairy)

Afterfinishingtherelationshipaboutthecharacters,youmaythesequestions.Whatistherelationshipbetweentheman’swordandthefairyland?Howdidshakespearecombinetheallthecharacterfromthedifferentplaces?WhathappenedbetweentheQueenandtheass?Andwhatisthe“specialrelationship”mean?

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SummaryBackground

TherewasalawinthecityofAthenswhichgavetoitscitizensthepowerofcompellingtheirdaughterstomarrywhomsoevertheypleased;forupononadaughter’srefusingtomarrythemanherfatherhadchosentobeherhusband,thefatherwasempoweredbythislawtocauseherputtodeath.

EgeuscomplainedtodukethathisdaughterHermia,whomhehadcommandedtomarryDemetrius,refusedtoobeyhim,becauseshelovedLysander.Egeuswantedtousethelawtoforcehisdaughter.SoHermiaandLysanderplanedtoescapefromAthenstoanotherplace.Andtheydecidedtomeetinthewood.HermiatoldtheirplantohergoodfriendHelena.AstheresultofloveforDemetrius,HelenatoldhimwhatHermiahadtoldher.DemetriuswantedtostopHermiainthewood,andHelenafollowedhim.Part1

ThewoodinwhichLysanderandHermiaplanedtomeetwasthefairyland.OberonwasthekingandTitaniawasthequeen.Atthesametime,theywerequarrellingaboutalittlechangelingboy.Oberonwantedtohavetheboyashishenchman,butTitaniadidn’tgivehimtoOberon.Inordertogiveheralesson,heaskedhisPucktogetlove-in-idleness(三色堇).Ifyouputtedthejuicefromthelove-in-idlenessonsleepingman’seyelids,themanwouldfellinlovewiththefirstcreatureheorshesaw.

Part2

OberonsawHelenaandDemetriusinthewoodbyaccident,realizingHelenalovedDemetriussomuch,OberonfeltsorryforHelenaandhedecidedtouselovejuicetomakeDemetriusloveHelena.HetoldPuckwhathewantedtodo,butPuckputtedlovejuiceonLysander’seyelidsbecausehethoughtLysanderwasDemetrius.ThefirstpersonLysandersawwasHelena,sohelovedHelena.Atthesametime,lovejuiceputtedonDemetrius’seyelidsandthatmadehimloveHelenabecauseshewasthefirstpersonhesaw.AllthethingsmadeHermiasurprisedandangryevenhavingafightwithHelena.Oberonalsoputtedlovejuicetoqueen’seyelids,andthefirstthinghersawwasanass.Shelovedtheassatonce.

Part3

Afterrealizingthattheyalldidwrong,thekingandPuckdecidedtostopallthings.Puckusedmagictoletthefourhumanssleep,andputlovejuiceontheireyelids.Whentheyopenedtheireyes,LysandersawHermiaandDemetriussawHelena.TheywentbacktotheAthens.BacauseDemetriuslovedHelenaatthattime,Hermia‘sfatherdidn’tforcehertomarryDemetrius.Besides,thefourpeopleholdweddingsonthesameday.OberonremovedthemagicofthelovejuiceonTitaniaandmadepeacewitheachother.Atthatmoment,theyknewthatthyalldidwrong,andtheylivedtogether,hadahappylife.ItisthehappyendinginMidsummerNight’sDream.

Part4MyfeelingabouttheCharactersAnalysisofthecharacters

Hermia---beautiful,brave,kind,honesty.WhenherfatherforcehertomarryDemetrius,shevotedagainstandescapedwithLysander.ShewasveryhonesttoLysander,andshedidnothidehertruehearttoanybodyincludingHelena.

Helena----crazy,eyelessforlove,alittleselfish.ShelovedDemetriussodeeplythatshelostherselfandfollowedhimeverywhere,whichwascrazyandeyeless.WhenDemetriusandLysanderlovedher,sheenjoyeditandleftherfriendHermiaalone.Wecanseesheisalittleselfish.

Lysander----brave.HewantedtoleavethecityforbeingtogetherwithHermia,wecouldseehisloveforherisprofoundandtrue.

Demetrius----playboy,selfish,notagentleman.HeonlywantedtohaveHermiaandherbeauty.WhenHelenafollowedhiminthewood,heevensaidrudewordstoher.Egeus---selfish,rude,cruel.HeforcedHermiaevenwantedthelawtokillher.Hewasnotagoodfather.MyunderstandingabouttheStory

Clue----Therearetwoclue(线索)inthestory:thefourpeople’sloveadventureandtheargumentbetweenthekingandthequeen.Thelovejuicecombinethetwoclue.

Setting----Thewoodinwhichthefairieslivedistheimportantsurroundingstotheplay’sromanticatmosphere.Itmakesthisstorymoremysterious.Besides,itistheplacewhereallthingshappened.

.Title----Inthestory,thewritersaidthattheallthethingshappenedinthemidsummernight.InEngland,therearemanyfairytalesaboutmidsummernight.Sothemidsummernightisfullofmysteriousthings.

Ithinktheauthorputtedthistitleinordertoshowthisstoryisfullofmagicanditisaplayaboutfairytales.Words-----Shakespeareusedhumorouswordstoshowthecharacter.Healsolikedtoputsomeancientsongsinhiscomedies.Wecanseemetaphor(暗喻),simile(明喻)andotherfigureofspeech.Besides,thesentenceswrittenbyhimareverybeautiful.SomefeaturesaboutShakespeare’scomedyUsuallyhavefunnyplot,romanticlovestory,sometimeshavetheconflictswithrelatives.Butintheend,comediesalwayshavehappyending.

ComparingwiththetragedieswrittenbyShakespeare,hiscomediesaremoreinterestingandmoreeasy.Theydon’thavemanycomplicatedrelationshiporsomedeepnormalhumanfeelings(人性).

Extract

Thingsbaseandvile,holdingnoquantity,Lovecantransposetoformanddignity.Lovelooksnotwiththeeyes,butwiththemind,Andthereforeiswing’dCupidpaintedblind.