The Taming of the Shrew《驯悍记》
The Third Part of King Henry Ⅵ
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 《维洛那二绅士》
The First Part of King Henry Ⅵ
Love’s Labor’s Lost 《爱的徒劳》
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
a great humanist a great poet a dramatic genius, the greatest
playwright of all time. a master of language 37 plays, two narrative poems
The Life and Death of King Richard Ⅲ
The Second Period (1595-
1599)
Two Six comedies Four histories tragedies
A Midsummer Niபைடு நூலகம்ht’s Dream The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing 《无事生非》 As You Like It《皆大欢喜》 The Merry Wives of Windsor Twelfth Night
and 154 sonnets
Life Experience
Born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon Attended grammar school and had some education (“small Latin and less Greek”) His father was involved in financial difficulties. Drop out to help support the family At 18, married Anne Hathaway 3 years later, went to London and stayed there about 5 years (1587-1592) In 1594, joined a theater company, and later became its playwright and part
The First Period (the mid-
1590s)
Four comedies
Four history plays
One tragedy
The Comedy of Errors 《错误的喜剧》
The Second Part of King Henry Ⅵ
Titus Andronicus
The Life and Death of Richard Ⅱ
The First Part of King Henry Ⅳ
The Second Part of King Henry Ⅳ
The Life of King Henry Ⅴ
Romeo and Juliet
The Life and Death of Julius Caesar 《凯撒大 帝》
King Lear
By William Shakespeare
CONTENTS
A Brief Introduction to William Shakespeare
King Lear
1. Background & Criticism 2. Characters 3. Plot & Subplot 4. Role Analysis 5. Theme
The Third Period (16001608)
Great tragedies
Dark comedies
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Othello, the Moore of Venice King Lear The Tragedy of Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra
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.
All’s Well That Ends Well《终 成眷属》
Troilus and Cressida Measure for Measure《一报 还一报》
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Timon of Athens《雅典的泰门》
The Fourth Period (16081613)
owner In 1597, went back home and bought a house called New Place Retired at 49 Died on April 23, 1616, at 52, and was buried at Stratford
Four Periods of His Dramatic Career
Period of Early Experimentation (?-1594) Period of Rapid Growth and Development (1595-1600) Period of Gloom and Depression (1601-1607) Period of Calm after Storm (1608-1612)
Four tragicomedies
Cymbeline, King of Britain 《辛白林》 The Winter’s Tale《冬天的故 事》 The Tempest《暴风雨》 Prince of Tyre
Two plays
The Life of King Henry Ⅷ The Two Noble Kinsmen