【正文】 fall of Adam amp。 enter without thinking twice into such a place as lovers dwell. Ⅵ . John Milton Brief Introduction John Milton, English poet amp。 sickness. Finally, Donne taunts death with a paradox: death, thou shalt die. The son is written in the strict Petrarchan pattern. It reveals the poet39。s poem personifies death as an adversary swollen with false pride amp。 cynicism about love coexist in Donne39。 often startling. He made expert use of such poetic techniques as the paradox, a statement that seems contradictory but actually contains truth, amp。s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, amp。s great prose works are his sermons, which are both rich amp。 Sons were written in the early period. He wrote prose works mainly in the later period. His sermons, which are very famous, reveal his spiritual devotion to God as a passionate preacher. His works are classified as songs amp。 Catch a Falling Star, The Ecstacy, amp。 the fear of death. Although the imagery of metaphysical poetry is frequently strained, the language is often as natural amp。 secular themes, amp。s poetry is precisely its tang of reality, in the sense that it seems to reflect life in a real rather than a poetical world. Metaphysical Poetry is monly used to name the work of the 17thcentury writers who wrote under the influence of John Donne. With a rebellions spirit, the metaphysical poets tried to break away from the conventional fashion of the Elizabethan Love poetry. The diction is simple as pared with echoes the words amp。 a free range of feelings amp。 Clergyman, born in London, England, 1572, and died in London, Mar. 31 1631. Donne is the leading figure of the 17thcentury metaphysical school. His poems give a more inherently theatrical impression by exhibiting a seemingly unfocused diversity of experiences amp。s language is neat, priest, amp。 how studies exert influence over human character. Forceful amp。 cadence. 10 4. 領(lǐng)會(huì) His achievements As a literary man, Bacon is the first English essayist, whose Essays won him a high place in the history of English literature. As a philosopher, he is the founder of English materialistic philosophy. He advocates the inductive method of reasoning. In his famous plea for progress, Bacon demands three things: 1) the free investigation of nature, 2) the discovery of facts instead of the blind belief in theories 3) the verification of results by experiment rather than by argument. In our day, these are the ABC of science, but in Bacon39。 make their way in public life. Bacon39。 flexible way of writing. However, as a practical amp。s mind amp。 metaphors, the essays rank with the finest in English literature. Bacon39。 held several high governmental positions during the reign of king JamesⅠ . He was one of the earliest amp。 to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew. 3) Hamlet This is one part of Hamlet39。 the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves. Imagery: a summer39。s dramatic poetry is in blank verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter. His bland verse is especially beautiful amp。 apprehension. 3) Language In Shakespeare39。 the alluring Cleopatra. 2) Plot Construction Shakespeare39。 Cordelia in King Lear. His female characters also include the treacherous Goneril amp。s Labor39。 money. 2) He was a humanist of the time amp。 Adonis, in which Shakespeare made his first bid for literary patronage amp。s sons have three quatrains, or groups of four lines, amp。 society in his late years. 2) Poems A. Sons The first 126 sons are apparently addressed to a handsome young nobleman, presumably the author39。 death. C. The Tempest The Tempest, an elaborate amp。 apparently bearing the intolerable burden of the duty to revenge his father39。 widow. This, Hamlet, is urged by the ghost to seek revenge for his father39。s brother. While encountering his father39。 searching philosophic melancholy. The play opens with Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, appearing in a mood of worldweariness occasioned by his father39。 brutality of the Jew. Plot: The play has a double plot (P39) B. Hamlet Hamlet is generally regarded as Shakespeare39。 destiny. 4. 領(lǐng)會(huì) His Major Works 1) Drama A. The Merchant of Venice Theme: to praise the friendship between Antonio amp。s phraseology have occurred in literature since the 16th century. Perhaps the greatest inspiration to subsequent authors has been Shakespeare39。 stimulated by his achievement. On the whole, however, Shakespeare39。 his sequence of 154 sons. 3. 領(lǐng)會(huì) His Influence 1) Contributions to language Many words and monly used phrases have been added to everyday English vocabulary through their appearance in Shakespeare39。s Tale The Tempest Henry Ⅷ The Two Noble Kinsmen Shakespeare39。 Cleopatra Troilus amp。 Part Ⅱ (1597) Henry V (1598) A Midsummer Night39。 four edies: Henry Ⅵ , part Ⅰ (1590) Henry Ⅵ , part Ⅱ (1590) Henry Ⅵ , part Ⅲ (1591) Richard Ⅲ (1592) Titus Andronicus (1593) The Comedy of Errors (1592) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594) The Taming of the Shrew (1593) Love39。 trust in Devil. 5 Ⅲ . William Shakespeare 1. 一般識(shí)記 Brief Introduction William Shakespeare was the greatest writer of plays who ever lived. His friend amp。 playwrights of his time. Marlowe39。 authority. 3. 領(lǐng)會(huì) His Achievements amp。 exhibits his mastery of characterization, stage craft amp。 agony of a condemned man. The Jew of Malta (about 1589) illustrates Marlowe39。s dominant moral is human rather than religious. It celebrates the human passion for knowledge, power amp。 Leander, the Passionate shepherd to His love, amp。 poet,born in Canterbury, England, Feb, 6,1567, died in Deptford, E 4 ngland, May 30, 1593. Marlowe was the first great English Dramatist. He brought to the English stage a new concept of tragedy, one in which the drama centers around the strug