courtship(求爱期)73.ppt

The Merchant of Venice;;Trade of Venice;The City of Venice;The Merchant of Venice;Theatrical Traditions of Jews 犹太人在戏剧上的传统体现;The Jew of Malta;Jews in England;Jews in Elizabethan Society;Shakespeare’s Intent?;Influence on Anti-Semitism;Contrasts Presented in the Play;Subplots;Reading Shakespeare: A Review;PoetryWe speak in prose (language without metrical（韵律的） structure).? Shakespeare wrote both prose（散文） and verse（韵文） (poetry).? Much of the language discussion we will have in this guide revolves around（围绕着） Shakespeares poetry.? So, it is important that you understand the following terms: Blank Verse（无韵诗、素体诗）:? unrhymed iambic pentameter（不押韵的五音部诗）. 参照书本94页起 （introduced by Christopher Marlowe） Iambic Pentameter（抑扬格五音部）:? five beats of alternating（交互的） unstressed and stressed syllables; ten syllables per line.;OmissionsAgain, for the sake of his poetry, Shakespeare often left out letters, syllables, and whole words.? These omissions really arent that much different from the way we speak today.? We say: Been to class yet?No.? Heard Albrechts givin a test.Whasup withat?“ We leave out words and parts of words to speed up our speech.? If we were speaking in complete sentences, we would say: Have you been to class yet?No, I have not been to class.? I heard that Mrs. Albrecht is giving a test today.What is up with that?;A few examples of Shakespearean omissions/contractions follow: tis ~ it is ope ~ open oer ~ over gi ~ give neer ~ never i ~ in eer ~ ever oft ~ often a ~ he een ~ even ;Source;Long time ago, a man called Antonio lived in Venice. He was a merchant, owning many ships which traded with distant countries. And he was a good man as well as a rich one. His best friend Bassanio, who fell in love with a beautiful and rich lady called Portia, was not a wealthy man. So he didn’t ask Portia to marry him. At last, he asked Antonio to lend him some money, so that he could visit Portia at Belmont. It happened that time all Antonio’s sho