专业英语-李尔王小说介绍-英语课件King-Lear.pptVIP

CONTENTS;William Shakespeare (1564-1616) ;Life Experience;Four Periods of His Dramatic Career;The First Period (the mid-1590s);The Second Period (1595-1599);The Third Period (1600-1608);The Fourth Period (1608-1613);The two long narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were respectively published in 1593 and 1594. His Sonnets were published in 1609. They are divided into two groups. One is about the conflicted lover for a young man of superior beauty and the other about the uncontrollable love for a mysterious “dark lady” of irresistible beauty. ;;King Lear;Criticism;Characters;李尔王：不列颠国王，他是一位很专制的人物，他对他的女儿们错误的判断导致了他的失败。 高纳里尔（Goneril或Gonerill）：李尔的长女，奥本尼公爵的妻子 里根（Regan）：李尔的次女，康华尔公爵的妻子 寇蒂莉亚（Cordelia）：李尔的三女，也是李尔最疼爱的女儿。 奥本尼公爵（The Duke of Albany）：高纳里尔的丈夫，高纳里尔对他的“牛奶似的礼貌”不满，得知高纳里尔有意害死他后起来反对高纳里尔。 康华尔公爵（The Duke of Cornwall）：里根的丈夫，在一次风暴中他将肯特伯爵推上了柴堆，将李尔放在一个火炉上，刺瞎了葛罗斯特伯爵。此后葛罗斯特伯爵的一个侍者攻击他并使他负致命伤。 葛罗斯特伯爵（The Earl of Gloucester）：爱德伽和爱德蒙的父亲，爱德蒙欺骗他反对爱德伽，后来爱德伽扮装逃亡。 肯特伯爵（The Earl of Kent）：李尔的忠臣，他反对李尔对寇蒂莉亚的态度后被李尔驱逐，但他扮装为仆人继续为李尔服务，只是不让李尔知道他是谁。 爱德蒙（Edmund或Edmond）：葛罗斯特伯爵的私生子，他为高纳里尔和里根服务来使得自己不断上升，三人之间关系暧昧。 爱德伽（Edgar）：葛罗斯特伯爵的儿子，他改装后化名为“汤姆·白德兰 (Tom Bedlam)”，继续服侍他的瞎眼的父亲，最后他成为国王。 奥斯华德（Oswald）：高纳里尔的侍者，被称为是一个“有效的坏蛋”。他试图刺杀葛罗斯特伯爵，但被爱德伽所杀。 弄人（The Fool）：一个忠于李尔和寇蒂莉亚的宫廷小丑。;Plot;The two older sisters mock Lear and renege on their promise to support him. Cast out, the king slips into madness and wanders about accompanied by his faithful Fool. He is aided by the Earl of Kent, who, though banished from the kingdom for having supported Cordelia, has remained in Britain disguised as a peasant. Kent eventually brings Lear to Cordelia, who cares for him and helps him regain his reason. ;Subplot;King Lear and the Fool in the Storm;King Lear mourns Cordelias death;Role Analysis;Lears spiritual progress;His instability of mind, almost a predisposition to madness, is shown from the beginning. His terrible rages and curses, first upon Cordelia and later upon Goneril and Regan, and his ranting and t