莎士比亚英语介绍.ppt

（1564—1616） English playwright and poet——one of the greatest dramatists. The most widely quoted author in history His plays have probably been performed more times than those of any other dramatist. To be or not to be, that is a question. （生存还是毁灭，这是一个问题。） Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.(宁为聪明的渔夫，不做愚蠢的才子。） A light heart lives long.（豁达者长寿） Words , words, only words, no matter from the heart.（空话，空话，只有空话，没一点是真。） The course of true love never did run smooth. (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) 真爱无坦途。 ——《仲夏夜之梦》 Love is merely a madness. （爱情不过是一种疯狂。——《皆大欢喜》） It is a wise father that knows his own child.（ 知子之父为智。——《威尼斯商人》 ） A little more than kin, and less than kind. (超乎寻常的亲族，漠不相关的路人。——《哈姆雷特》 ) Nothing will come of nothing. (一无所有只能换来一无所有。——《李尔王》) Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them. (收起你们明晃晃的剑，它们沾了露水会生锈的。——《奥赛罗》 ) Shakespeare’s Birthplace --He was born in this house on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 23 ,1564. Shakespeare’s Burial Site-----He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, shown here. His comedies celebrate human social life even as they expose human folly. By means that are sometimes humiliating, even painful, characters learn greater wisdom and emerge with a clearer view of reality. Early Comedies (until about 1595 )-- reflect in their gaiety and exuberant (丰富的) language the lively and self-confident tone of the English nation after 1588 。--The Comedy of Errors Middle Comedies --A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice from the mid-1590s provide evidence of Shakespeare’s growing mastery of the comic form and his willingness to explore and test its dramatic possibilities. Mature Comedies --The romantic plays As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Twelfth Night are often characterized as joyous comedies because of their generally happy mood and sympathetic characters. Written around 1599 and 1600, they represent Shakespeare’s trium