【文章內容簡介】 e bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church on earth.)。calling for the spirit of Alexander the Great(the emperor ofMacedonia)and it appears。Doctor Faustus(1604)having succeeded in having Helen, the beauty of ancient Troy, as his , Doctor Faustus is sent to hell because of the deadly sin has damned both his body and his Faustus(1604)nAnalysis of the hero: Doctor FaustusKnowledgeable, but having blind faith in human intellect。Ambitious and proud: A passionate seeker forpower, which es from forbidden Faustus’s Biblical source:The fall of Adam and EveWilliam ShakespeareHe is the author of 37 plays, but we are not certain of his life story until : his career may be dividedinto four periods.(P78)Comedies in the four periodsTragedies in the four periodsPlot of Four Great Tragedies(P86P87)Othello:Othello: a capable general in VeniceDesdemonon: a strongminded, beautiful girlIago: one of the officers under OthelloReasons for the tragedy:jealousyPlot of Four Great Tragedies(P86P87)Macbeth:Macbeth: to mit murder in order to bee king knowing he will be the king of Scotland from the witchlady Macbeth: to encourage her husbandDuncan: king of Scotand who was murdered by MacbethReasons for the tragedy :ambition, lust for powerPlot of Four Great Tragedies(P86P87)King Lear:King Lear: a wish to divide his kingdom and give it to his daughtersGoneril and Regan: his two elder daughters who flatter himCordelia: his youngest daughter who speaks her true mind but loves her father mostReasons for the tragedy: MisjudgmentHamletLeading characters:nHamlet : the Prince of DenmarknKing Hamlet: Father of the Prince, wecan only see his ghostnClaudius: Hamlet’s uncle, now the KingnGertrude: Hamlet’s mother, and the Queen of Polonius:Ophelia’s father, the King’s trusted courtiernLaertes: Ophelia’s brother, Polonius’s sonHamletAct 1:Old Hamlet’sghost told Hamlet a tale of has been murder andadultery。and the Ghost demands revenge for his makes a promise to revenge for his father’s death before the 2:To dull his uncle’s vigilance, Hamlet pretends to go , his madness is taken by Polonius, an old courtier who is loyal to Claudius , to an emotionaldisturbance due to his passion for Ophelia, daughter of this moment, a pany of playersvisits the castle, and Hamlet will have a play acted, which resembles the late king’s 3:The guilty Claudius starts up in fear before the play ends, and goes sends Hamlet to her chamber, where he reveals Claudius’s baseness and expresses his indignation at her hasty marriage with Claudius, which renders the queen Hamlet bees aware that he is being overheard in the it is Claudius that is in hiding, he runs his sword through the arras