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Cultural background
Ideology of the movement:
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Cultural background
Ideology of the movement:
-------Humanism
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Historical background
HIS MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
Comedies
Tragedies
Chronicle Plays
Sonnets
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HIS COMEDIES
Early Comedies
Middle Comedies
Mature Comedies
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The Comedy of Errors
A Midsummer Night Dream
It describes the author’s reflection on the Renaissance and the fate and future of deep concern.
It reflects the meaning and value of life, good and evil, reason and justice and other philosophical questions.
heyday（鼎盛） in the 16th
century.
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Cultural background
Main significance:
It is an ideological and cultural movement； It is a revolutionary era of science and art; It opened a prelude to the modern European history; It involves various aspects of intellectual inquiry.
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Cultural background
The famous Renaissance.
Development process
The movement first rise in the
14th century in Italian cities, then
extended to other countries to the
Shakespeare’s Burial Site-----He died on April 23, 1616,
and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-
upon-Avon, Warwickshire, s.hown here.
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Part Ⅲ Character analysis
Reporter: XX
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Character Analysis of Hamlet
doubtful
complex depressed
hesitate
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Doubtful
After the disaster of his family he dares not to believe others any more.
Shakespeare lived in a decline society of feudal and the rise of capitalism in European.
He lived in the end society of Queen Elizabeth.
Situation:
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“Observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel（揭露） in one speech, it is a damage ghost that we have seen”
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Part Ⅰ Author introduction
Reporter: XX
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William Shakespeare
（1564—1616）
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Shakespeare’s Birthplace --He was born in this house on Henley Street in Stratford-u. pon-Avon in April 23 ,1565 4.
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Literary background
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Social background
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Social background
This story describes England in the late Renaissance（文艺复兴） and the true face of European society.
English and American Literature Appreciation
The first group:
Hamlet
---by Shakespeare
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Main contents
➢ Part Ⅰ Author introduction ➢ Part Ⅱ Literary background ➢ Part Ⅲ Character analysis ➢ Part Ⅳ Story synopsis ➢ Part Ⅴ Comparison of father-revengers ➢ Part Ⅵ Works evaluation
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Twelfth
Night
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HAMLET KING LEAR OTHEPart Ⅱ Literary background
Reporter: XX
Historical background
Summary
Shakespeare exposes the darkness and injustice of the society by the mouth of Hamlet and demonstrated his humanist thought.