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Lesson 4 Lions and Tigers and Bears architecture of Central Park English Romanticism is characterized by the picturesque ideal to blend with the natural environment. Another style is Classicism characterized by formal symmetry and the use of straight lines, evident in the south end of the Park. Central Park : Plot: travel descriptions combined with everything he has heard, read, observed and experienced in connection with the place: his movements in Central Park, the events and famous people associated with its history, the beauty of New York at night, the crime of fear it’s inspired Setting: Central Park in New York What did the poem try to tell us? The poem tries to tells us that the tiger’s lair is the most safe place in the Park. Why did the author decide to camp in Central Park at night? Human psychology—wishing to do sth. precisely because it is something people normally don’t do. Anybody who knows anything about New York knows the city’s essential platitude—that you don’t wander around Central Park at night—and in that, needless to say, was the appeal: it was the thing you don’t do.(Para.1) Everybody who knows New York knows that you should not wander in Central Park at night because it is too dangerous. (Essential platitude:) This is known to all and has been said over and over. However, precisely because of the risk there are always people lured to visit Central Park at night. They just wish to do what people normally don’t do. The Taming of the Shrew In Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio and Kate engage in a battle of wits as he tries to tame his bold and stubborn wife and bring her into line with societys expectations. This romantic and funny play, full of disguises and role playing, deals with themes such as marriage and duty, reality and illusion, and compromise. The Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeares most clever and sophisticated comedies. 《驯悍记》片中描写泼妇凯特因为性格暴躁、脾气倔强，找不到任何一个敢娶她的男人，在心