【正文】 ual ones nor type ones。 the corrupting influence of gold amp。 fame, is a conventional Elizabethan narrative poem. Its mythological story, taken from Ovids Metamorphoses, tells of the passionate love goddess who woos the reluctant youth Adonis. The Rape of Lucrece, another narrative of passion, is based on the semi historical story of the rape of a chaste Roman matron by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome. 5. 領(lǐng)會(huì) His Major Theme 1) Shakespeare is against religious persecution amp。 a concluding thought is presented in the couplet. B. Other poems Venus amp。 a final couplet. Their rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg. A theme is developed amp。s disillusionment with the false ness of earthly life. The form of the poems is the English Variation of the traditional Italian, or Petrarchan, son, Shakespeare39。s patron. The poems express the writer39。 to the dreams to solve the conflict. To Shakespeare, the whole life is no more than a dream. Thus, The Tempest is a typical example of his pessimistic view towards human life amp。 fantastic story, is known as the best of his final romances. The characters are rather allegorical amp。 action. His life is one of constant roleplaying, examining the nature of action only to deny its possibility, for he is too sophisticated to degrade his nature to the conventional role of a stage revenger. By characterizing Hamlet, Shakespeare successfully makes a philosophical exploration of life amp。s death, Hamlet is obliged to inhabit a shadow world, to live suspended between fact amp。 plotting, amp。s foul amp。s throne amp。s ghost, Hamlet is informed that Claudius has murdered his father amp。s hasty remarriage with Clau 7 dius, his father39。s recent death amp。 death. And the timeless appeal of this mighty drama lies in its bination of intrigue, emotional conflict amp。s most popular play on the stage, for it has the qualities of a bloodandthunder thriller amp。 to expose the insatiable greed amp。 Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit amp。s character amp。s capacity to depict life in all its plexity amp。 parallels to Shakespeare39。s contribution has been to the language amp。 poetry have had a pervasive influence on world literature. Most of the great literary figures of the world have been inspired amp。s works. 2) Effects on literature Shakespeare39。 The Rape of Lucrece amp。s authentic nondramatic poetry consists of two long narrative poems: Venus amp。 two plays: Pericles Cymbeline The Winte39。 Cressida Coriolonus All39。 two dark edies: Hamlet Othello King Lear 6 Macbeth Antony amp。s Dream (1595) The Merchant of Venice (1596) Much Ado About Nothing (1598) As You Like It (1599) Twelfth Night (1600) The Merry Wives of Winsor (1598) Romeo amp。 two tragedies: Richard Ⅱ (1595) King John (1596) Henry Ⅳ , Part Ⅰ amp。s Labor39。s birth is not known, but his baptism was recorded on April 26, 1564, in the parish register of Holy Trinity Church at StratfordonAvon. Since it was customary to baptize infants within two or three days of birth, April 23 is regarded as a reasonable birth date. It is also the date on which he died in 1616. Generally, his dramatic career is divided into 4 periods. The First Period (15901594)five historical plays amp。 fellow playwright Ben Jonson said that Shakespeare was not of an age but for all time. The 18thcentury English essayist Samuel Johnson described his work as the mirror of life. The 19thcentury English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge spoke of myriadminded Shakespeare. The 20thcentury English dramatist Gee Bernard Shaw stressed his enormous power over language. 2. 識(shí)記 His Life amp。s downfall was caused by his despair in God amp。s mighty line, as Ben Jonson called his blank verse, was one of the most important contributions to the art of English literature. 4. 應(yīng)用 Dr. Faustus The selection of ActⅠ from Dr. Faustus is mainly about Faustus is showing his great ambition, that is, if he had many souls, he would give them all to the Devil so that he could control the world. In portraying Faustus, a more introspective amp。 made it the principal medium of English drama. His second achievement is his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama. The theme of his works is the praise of the Renaissance spirit. His influence: A man of wide learning, Marlowe was one of the extra ordinary poets amp。 Influence Achievements: Marlowe39。 sheer brutal force in conquering one enemy after another, Marlowe voiced the supreme desire of the man of the Renaissance for infinite power amp。 rhetoric. Tamburlaine is a play about an ambitious amp。 It is his most dramatically mature play amp。s outstanding portrayal of character. Its hero, Barabas the Jew, served as the model for Shylock in Shakespeare39。s frustration in realizing the high aspirations in a hostile moral order. The last scene, in which Faustus confronts his doom, brilliantly renders the fear amp。 happiness。s Doctor Faustus (about 1589), generally considered his best play, was based on a real Dr. Faustus, who was later associated with a medieval legend of a man selling his soul to the devil. The play39。 a verse translation of Ovid39。 epic poetry. His nondramatic poetry includes Hero amp。 ambitions. 2. 識(shí)記 His Major Works His most famous tragedies are Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, Tamburlaine amp。 mythological material presented in the form of vivid narratives. II. Christopher Marlowe 1. 一般識(shí)記 Brief Introduction English dramatist amp。s death. It was originally planned as a 12book poem. But only 6 books were pleted. The poem is particularly admired for the melodic beauty of its language amp。 moral themes by personifying them, or making them characters. 2)Plot: The story, which is set against a background of Arthur amp。his exquisite melody that make him known as the poets39。 his bination of emotion, erudition