1、William Shakespeare第1页1234PROFILELIFEFAMOUS REMARKWRITINGS第2页PROFILEShakespeare(1564 1616)the Great Renaissance dramatist,poet,European Renaissance humanism literature synthesizer.第3页LIFEShakespeare was born in Britain in April 23,1564central Warwick County along the Evan River in Stratford,a wealth
2、y families.第4页Youth in a local Teaching Latin literary school study,master the writing skills and rich knowledge,but because his father went bankrupt,failing to graduate go alone on the road to earn a living.He worked as a butchers apprentice,has taught in rural schools,also worked in various other
3、occupation,which makes him grow a lot of social experience.第5页After 20 years of age to London,first in the theater when the groom.A handyman,after entering the theatre as an actor,director and screenwriter.,become the theatre began around 1588shareholders;writing,first is adapted for the previous sc
4、ript,soon began to independent creation.LIFE第6页At the time of the opera Oxford,Cambridge background,the University wits who control,a famous dramatist ever with contemptuous tone to write articles mocking Shakespeare such a vulgar,civilian upstart crow to the noble genius contest!But Shakespeare lat
5、er won the college student groups,including the majority of the audience support and love and esteem,students in school amateur performances of some of Shakespeares plays,such as Hamlet,the comedy of errors.第7页The success of writing,so that Shakespeare won the show mulberry management for Lord,Lord
6、became his protector.Shakespeare in the early 90s had his two poem Venus and Adonis,the rape of Lucrece dedicated to the Lord,who also wrote the sonnet lord.第8页With the help of Lord,Shakespeare into the aristocratic culture salon,causing him to society with observation and understanding,expanded his
7、 vision of life,for he created to provide a rich source of.第9页FAMOUSREMARKDonot,foronerepulse,giveupthepurposethatyouresolvedtoeffect.Alightheartliveslong.Thetimeoflifeisshorttospendthatshortnessbasely,itwouldbetoolong.Theemptyvesselsmakethegreatestsound.1234第10页FAMOUSREMARK1234Thecourseoftruelovene
8、verdidrunsmooth.IgnoranceisthecurseofGod,knowledgethewingwherewithweflytoheaven.Richgiftswaxpoorwhengiversproveunkind.Tomournamischiefthatispastandgoneisthenextwaytodrawnewmischiefon.第11页COMEDIESHis comedies celebrate human social life even as they expose human folly.By means that are sometimes humi
9、liating,even painful,characters learn greater wisdom and emerge with a clearer view of reality.第12页COMEDIESEarly Comedies(until about 1595)-reflect in their gaiety and exuberant language the lively and self-confident tone of the English nation after 1588.-The Comedy of Errors Middle Comedies-A Midsu
10、mmer Nights Dream and The Merchant of Venice from the mid-1590s provide evidence of Shakespeares growing mastery of the comic form and his willingness to explore and test its dramatic possibilities.第13页COMEDIESMature Comedies-The romantic plays As You Like It,The Merry Wives of Windsor,and Twelfth N
11、ight are often characterized as joyous comedies because of their generally happy mood and sympathetic characters.Written around 1599 and 1600,they represent Shakespeares triumph in the field of high comedy.第14页第15页第16页TRAGEDIESAmong the most powerful studies of human nature in all literature Appropr
12、iately as the greatest achievements of his dramatic artistry.His unforgettable tragic characters,such as Romeo and Juliet,Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,and Macbeth第17页第18页HISTORYPLAYSHistory plays(sometimes known as chronicle plays)-a highly popular form of drama in Shakespeares time.Shakespeare wrote ten plays listed in the 1623 Folio.Eight of them re-create the period in English history from 1399.第19页THANKS第20页