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(3) Blank verse is employed. (2) The moral of the play is human rather than religious. (4)hyperbole (5) Marlowe created the Renaissance hero in the play. 最新.课件 * 1564-1616 Shakespeare’s Life 莎 士 比 亚 生 平 Shakespeare’s Writing Career 莎士比亚写作生涯的四个阶段 Birthplace 出生地 The Royal Theatre 皇 家 剧 院 最新.课件 * William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Life: 1564, Born in Stratford-on-Avon, Ca. 1588-1592, in London as actor and playwright; Ca. 1592-98, devotes himself mainly to chronicle histories and comedies; Ca. 1601-1609, period of the greatest tragedies and romantic comedies Ca. 1610, retires to Stratford; 1616, died. 最新.课件 * The birthplace of Shakespeare at Stratford 最新.课件 * Royal Shakespeare Theatre 最新.课件 * Shakespeare wrote altogether 154 sonnets in his life. His sonnets are the only direct expression of the poet’s feelings.His sonnets are usually written in the popular English form, of three quatrains(四行诗) and a couplet, which were first fully developed by Surrey. Shakespeare’s Sonnets 最新.课件 * Shakespeares sequence, is divided into four parts. The first three parts are each four lines long, and are known as quatrains, the rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg, with the final couplet used to summarize the previous 12 lines or present a surprise ending. The Shakespearean sonnet is often used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas, one in each quatrain, while the couplet offers either a summary. 最新.课件 * Shakespeare’s sonnets: Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets: Sonnets 1–126, which the poet addressed to a Mr. W. H, and Sonnets 127–154, which are concerned with the poets relationship with a woman, variously referred to as the Dark Lady, or as his mistress. Shakespeare’s sequence suggests a story. Certain motifs are evident. 最新.课件 * “Sonnet 18”: the immortality of Art; “Sonnet 29”: eulogy of friendship; “Sonnet 66”: criticizing social injustice. 最新.课件 *  Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in all. His writing caree