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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。一、殖民主義時(shí)期The Literature of Colonial America1.船長約翰?史密斯Captain John Smith《自殖民地第一次在弗吉尼亞墾荒以來發(fā)生的各種事件的真實(shí)介紹》“A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony”《弗吉尼亞地圖,附:一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)村的描述》“A Map of Virginia: with a Description of the Country”《弗吉尼亞通史》“General History of Virginia”2.威廉?布拉德福德William Bradford and John Winthrop《普利茅斯開發(fā)歷史》“The History of Plymouth Plantation”3.約翰?溫思羅普J(rèn)ohn Winthrop《新英格蘭歷史》“The History of New England”4.羅杰?威廉姆斯Roger Williams《開啟美國語言的鑰匙》”A Key into the Language of America”或叫《美洲新英格蘭部分土著居民語言指南》Or “ A Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New England ”5.安妮?布萊德斯特Anne Bradstreet《在美洲誕生的第十個(gè)謬斯》”The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America二、理性和革命時(shí)期文學(xué) The Literature of Reason and Revolution1。托馬斯?佩因Thomas Paine※《美國危機(jī)》“The American Crisis”《收稅官的案子》“The Case of the Officers of the Excise”《常識(shí)》“Common Sense”《人權(quán)》“Rights of Man”《理性的時(shí)代》“The Age of Reason”《土地公平》“Agrarian Justice”3。菲利浦?弗瑞諾Philip Freneau※《野忍冬花》“The Wild Honey Suckle”※《印第安人的墳地》“The Indian Burying Ground”※《致凱提?迪德》“To a CatyDid”《想象的力量》“The Power of Fancy”《夜屋》“The House of Ni