莎士比亚生平及成就The life of ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was baptized on 26 April 1564 and died on 23 April1616.He was a great English poet and playwright on Europe Renaissance time,and he was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language andthe world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poetand the "Bard of Avon".Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18,he married a 26-year old woman Anne Hathaway. When not reach 21 years oldhe had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.Years later he came to London. Between 1585 and 1592, he began asuccessful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playingcompany called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.He appeared to have retired to Stratford around 1613. Shakespeare lived inLondon for more than 20 years, and during this period his wife still stayed bases.Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.Hisearly plays were mainly comedies and histories, and he rose to the peak ofsophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. In his last phase,he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated withotherplaywrights.In 1616, Shakespeare left the world at the age of 52 years old. In these 52years profession, he wrote 37 scripts for the common people, as well as154sonnets and two long narrative poems. His plays have been translated into everymajor living language and are performed more often than those of any otherplaywright.Shakespeare’s representative work has 4-big tragedy: "Hamlet", "Othello","King Lear " ,"Macbeth " . 4-big comedy: "A Midsummer Night's Dream ","The Merchant of Venice ", " Twelfth Night ", " "As You Like It" . Historicalplay: "King Henry the Fourth Part 1 ", " King Henry the Fifth ", " King RichardII " and so on.Shakespeare's works start from the real life, and profoundly reflect thetimes and social nature. He is good at starting from the real life, showing broadsocial background. He provides the characters in the works and events with richera characteristics of typical environment. The plot of his works is rich and vivid;the characters have a distinct personality, as well as typical significance; thedepiction of realism is cleverly combined with romantic atmosphere; language isrich and expressive.Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but hisreputation did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. In thetwentieth century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by newmovements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly populartoday and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse culturaland political contexts throughout the world.Nearly four hundred years, his works have been brought a lot of joy to thereaders and critics . Because Shakespeare has accepted the test of time, he notonly belongs to one era but also belongs to the whole century. He receives a lotof famous people's praise, such as:1. "The greatest genius in drama of mankind" ——Marx2. "His work is based on such a wide range of life that everything created underhis pen appears genuine and believable to us. Someone once suggested that hedidn't belong to the scope of modern poets called as "romantic", but belonged tothe "naturalistic" genre, because his works are filled with neoteric reality, andseldom touch the passion generated by uncommited desires unless when he wasmost excited." ——Engels3."If there's someone who may make a solemn scene rise in my mind, that he issitting high on the top of a rock, with the thunder storm and blustering sea underhis feet, and the bright sky shining on his head, it is just what Shakespeare does.——But certainly, there's still one point to add that, a large crowd of people aremuttering on the bottom of his throne of rock, explaining him, saving him,convicting him, defending him, adoring him, libeling him, translating him,slandering him, while he can hear nothing of what they are saying. ——Herder4. "Shakespeare is the infinity";"Shakespeare, who is unable to be explainedthoroughly"! "The spiritual reality contained in Shakespeare's style of works farexceeds the visible actions". ——Goethe5. "Who has created most is Shakespeare, being only second to God." ——DumasIn my heart, Shakespeare is a great man, I like reading his works. He has agreat influence on me.。