【正文】 d Rome, medieval Britain and the European Renaissance. He tried hard to reflect the true life and explore the inner mysteries, displaying many diverse and plex personalities, vivid characters. Page 19 ? During the twentytwo years of his literary work he produced 37 plays, two narrative poems and 154 sons. ? His literary work may be divided into three major periods： The first period(15901600) The second period(16011608) The third period(16091612) Page 20 ? His early plays were mainly edies and histories, he rose to the peak of sophistication and artistry（復雜性和藝術(shù)性） by the end of the sixteenth century. ? He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet(1601), Othello(1604), King Lear(1605), and Macbeth(1605), considered some of the finest works in the English language. Page 21 39。s Tale) Page 32 威尼斯商人 第十二夜 Page 33 The Merchant of Venice 劇情：有一個十五世紀威尼斯的正直商人安東尼奧 ， 跟高利貸猶太商人夏洛克對立 。39。d lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare39。s mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness— from overwhelming grief to seething rage— and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. 仇恨， 憤怒， 榮譽， 尊嚴， …… Page 41 Hamlet ? Type: Revenge Tragedy, 復仇悲劇 Romantic Tragedy 浪漫悲劇 Time: c. 1200 ? Locale: Elsinore (艾西諾 ), Denmark ? First presented: 1602 Page 42 Principal Characters in Hamlet ? Claudius 克勞迪斯 King of Denmark ? Hamlet 哈姆雷特 Son to the former King and Nephew to the present King ? Gertrude 喬 特 魯 德 Queen of Denmark, and Mother of Hamlet ? Polonius 波洛涅斯 Lord Chamberlain（御前大臣） ? Laertes 雷 歐 提斯 Son to Polonius ? Ophelia 奧 菲莉 婭 Daughter to Polonius ? Ghost（ King Hamlet）鬼魂 Hamlet39。s Well That Ends Well) ? 如愿 (As You Like It) ? 仲夏夜夢 (A Midsummer Night39。s mother39。s house Page 8 Anne Hathaway39。s Dream) ? 無事生非 (Much Ado About Nothing) ? 一報還一報 (Measure for Measure ? 第十二夜 (Twelfth Night or What You Will) ? 威尼斯商人 (The Merchant of Venice) ? 空愛一場 (Love39。s Father ? Horatio 霍拉旭 Friend to Hamlet Page 43 ? Claudius is shrewd精明 and able干練 , though not always ethical倫理 or moral道德 , Hamlet describes the contest of intelligence and will between them as that of 39。s most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet and Macbeth, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Page 57 The tragic ending: Romeo and Juliet b