英国文学课件 lit3 The Renaissance.pptVIP

VenusandAdonishighlyeroticandsensuousinitsverseTwoNarrativePoems1.VenusandAdonis(1593).Venus(Aphrodite)isinlovewithAdonis.Shedetainshimfromthechasethroughwoodsandmakeseffortstowinhislove.Shebegshimtomeetheronthemorrow,butheisthentohunttheboarandfleesfromher.Whenthemorningcomes,shehearshishoundsatbayand,goingtolookforhim,findshimkilledbytheboar.Venus,strickenwithgrief,changeshisbloodintotheanemone(银莲花),orwind-flower(白头翁).2.TheRapeofLucrece.Lucrece,aRomanladyofoutstandingvirtueandbeau