1、William Shakespeare (1564-1616),by wenrong zhong,154 sonnets十四行诗,2 long poems,38 plays,Tragedies,Comedies,History plays,Tragicomedies,Shakespeares Works,HIS TRAGEDIES,contain rich philosophy of life, profound knowledge and deep thought about human nature. rgarded as the greatest achievements of his
2、dramatic artistryhis unforgettable tragic characters, such as Romeo , Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth,Four Great Tragedies,Hamlet(1601) 哈姆雷特Othello(1604) 奥赛罗King Lear(1605)李尔王Macbeth(1606) 麦克白,HIS COMEDIES,His comedies celebrate human social life even if they expose human folly . By
3、means of something humiliating（degrade）, even painful, characters learn greater wisdom and have a clearer view of reality.,Well-known Comedies,The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 A Midsummer Nights Dream 仲夏夜之梦 Twelfth Night 第十二夜 As You Like It 皆大欢喜 Alls Well That Ends Well 终成眷属 Much Ado about Nothing 无事生非,
4、Histories,2 Henry VI 3 Henry VI 1 Henry VI Richard III Richard II,King John 1 Henry IV 2 Henry IV Henry V Henry VIII,Shakespeares Poetry,Poetry Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece,A Lovers Complaint The Passionate Pilgrim The Phoenix and The Turtle,十四行诗 十八 The sonnet18,我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？ 你不独比它可爱也比它温婉 狂风
5、把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践 夏天出凭的期限由未免太短 天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈 它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽 被机缘或无常的天道所摧折 没有芳艳不终于凋残或销毁 但是你的长夏永远不会凋落 也不会损失你这皎洁的红芳 或死神夸口你在他的影里漂泊 当你在不朽的诗里与时同长只要有人类，或人有眼睛 这诗将长存，并赐给你生命,Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summers lease hath
6、all too short a dateSometime too hot the eye of heaven shines And often is his gold complexion dimmedAnd every fair from fair sometime declines By chance, or natures changing course untrimmed But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst Nor shall death brag thou w
7、anderst in his shade When in eternal lines to time thou growst So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.,A mix of old and newRural and urban wordsUnderstandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble,Shakespeares Language,Thou=you,Thy=your,Thee
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9、scolde, gomban gyldan. t ws gd cyning. Beowulf ,To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?To die,to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end T
10、he heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,tis a consummation Devoutly to be wishd. To die,to sleep;,Hamlets soliloquy,生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题；默然忍受命运的暴虐的毒箭，或是挺身反抗人世的无涯的苦难，通过斗争把它们扫清，这两种行为，哪一种更高贵？死了；睡着了；什么都完了；要是在这一种睡眠之中，我们心头的创痛，以及其他无数血肉之躯所不能避免的打击，都可以从此消失，那正是我们求之不得的结局。,Influence,Sha
11、kespeares works have made a lasting impression on later theatre and literature. His writing is widely regarded as one of the three main sources of the English literature, while the other two are Greek and Roman myths and the Bible. In Shakespeares day, English grammar and spelling were less standardised than they are now, and his use of language helped shape modern English.,THANK YOU,
