Marlowe’s achievement: 1) blank verse无韵诗歌It is Marlowe who brought vitality(活力) and grandeur(伟大) into the blank verse with his “mighty lines,”which ca rry strong emotions.2) his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.( not strong in dramatic construction.)→the pioneer of English drama3 tragedies: <Dr. Faustus> the human passion for knowledge,power and happiness<Tamburlaine> 帖木耳大帝 a play about an ambitious and pitiless overpowering ki ng.<The Jew of Malta> 马尔他的犹太人non-drama <The Passionate Shepherd to His Love> pa storal(田园的) life ，the most beautiful lyrics(抒情诗) READING: 1. excerpt from Dr. Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧A play based on the German legendContent: Faustus is a scholar who has a strong desire to acquire knowledge. By conjuration(念咒文召唤)he call up Mephistophilis, the Devil’s servant. He make a bond(契约) to sell his soul to the Devil in returnfor 24 yearsTragedy: <Romeo and Juliet> romantic tragedy. To praisethe faithfulness of love and the spirit ofpursuing happiness.3.Four tragedies -<Hamlet>, <Othello>, <King Lear> & <Macbeth>4.tragicomedies：<The Tempest>Achievement:A. exploring the characters’s inner mind.soliloquy(独白) or monologue - fully reveal the inner conflict of the characterscontrasts –bring vividness to the charactersB. adroit（精巧的）plot constructionC. Irony is a good means of dramatic presentation. Disguiseis an important device to create dramaticirony.D. the language.READING： 1. Sonnet 18 (14 line)<Sonnet 18> eternal or immortal（不朽的）beauty, have a faith in the permanence of poetry.A nice summer’s day is usually transient(短暂的), but the beauty in poetry can last for ever.2.excerpt from The Merchant of Venice<The Merchant of Venice> to praise the friendship between A ntonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia aheroine of great b eauty, wit and loyalty, to expose the insatiable（不知足的）greed and brutality of theJew.Double plot:(1) Bassanio ask Antonio for a loan so that he might marriage with Portia(2) Antonio borrow money from Shylock, the Jewish usurer. S hylock make a strange bond that requiresAntonio to surrendera pound of his flesh if he fail to repay him within acertain period of time. Portiadisguised as a young lawyer instructed to judge the case: Shylock can take his pound of flesh, but there isno mention of blood in the bond. Otherwise, his lands and goods will be confiscated(充公) according tohe law of Venice.3．Excerpt from Hamlet<Hamlet> hesitate between fact and fiction, language and act ion, too sophisticated（复杂的）to degradehis nature to the conventional role of a st age revengercontent: Hamlet, the prince, appearing in a mood of world-w eariness（厌世）occasioned by his father’sdeath and his mother’s hast y remarriage with Claudius, his father’s brother. Hamlet is informed thatClaudius has murdered his father and then tak en over both his father’s throne and widow. Thus Hamlet i surged to seek revenge.诺桑觉寺蔓斯菲尔德公园→Story of love and marriage provide the major themes in all her novels.→3 types of attitudes in pursuit of marriage:→concerning 3 or 4 landed gentry families with their daily routine life: relationships with members of theirown family and with their friends, dancing parties, tea parties, picn ics, and gossips.READING: excerpt from Pride and prejudice1.Elizabeth Bennet & Darcy : in the end false pride is humbled and prejudice dissolved.2.Collins & Charlotte Lucas: see the reality of marriage as a necessary step if a woman is to avoid thewretchedness(不幸) of aging spinsterhood（未婚妇女身份）.Charlotte, is a writer of realism combined with romanticism.Her works are famous for the depiction ofthe life of the middle-class working women, particularly governesses（家庭女教师）.READING: 1. excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte<Jane Eyre> 简·爱Jane Eyre, a plain little orphan, was s ent to Lowood, a charity school. There shesuffer a lot and8 years later she left school and became a governess atThornfield Hall. There she falls inlove with the master, Mr. Rochester.- It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing soc iety, e.g. charity institution such as Lowood School- successful introduction to the English novel the first go verness heroine, whom represents those middle-class working women struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being.2. excerpt from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte<Wuthering Heights> 呼啸山庄 a story about 2 families and an intruding(闯入的) stranger.The Earnshaw family (Mr. Earnshaw, his wife, the son Hindle y, the daughter Catherine) - HeathcliffThe Linton family ( Mr. Linton, his wife son Edgar, daught er Isabella。