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* William Shakespeare Chapter 4 —— Mengping Yang Xiaorong Liu William Shakespeare1564-1616 “All the world s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Main Contents 1.Shakespeares literary position 2.Shakespeares Legend life 3.Shakespeares masterpiece △ Shakespeare was born in Britain in April 23, 1564, central Warwick County along the Evan River in Stratford, a wealthy families. Shakespeare (1564~ 1616) the Great Renaissance dramatist, poet, European Renaissance humanism literature synthesizer. △1582：married Anne Hathaway and later had 3 children. △1588：started to write plays △1990：The drama was becoming popular, so he worked in troupe as factotum at first, then as actor or director and finally as the stockholder. △1597：bought one of the largest houses in Stratford,which showed his financial affairs went well. △1610：retired to Stratford but still went on writing. Troupe career Masterpiece △Comedy △Tragedy： △Sonnets The Merchant of Venice The Twelfth Night As You Like It Measure for Measure A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream A problem play△racial prejudice△Jews What you will Tragedy Hamlet King Lear Macbeth Othello As the first of the great tragedies,it is generally regarded as Shakespeares most popular play on the stage. The famous line in the play to be,or not to be by Hamlet is often quoted by people. Hamlet is a revenge story and it is perhaps the most discussed of the four.What has caused the long dispute over this tragedy is the question why Hamlet delays in taking action. Samuel Johnson:Hamlet is too cruel to be liked.Goethe:Hamlet is a humanist and a thinker.A new literary theories:Oedipus complex. Oedipus complex (俄狄浦斯情结) Boys do not hate their fathers because they would like to have sex with their mothers. Oedipus is a prince.Unknowingly, he killed his father and married his mother. *