Hamlet-英文版-英语名著赏析

1、,English and American Literature Appreciation,The first group: Hamlet -by Shakespeare,Main contents,Part Author introduction Part Literary background Part Character analysis Part Story synopsis Part Comparison of father-revengers Part Works evaluation,Part Author introduction,Reporter: XX,William Sh

2、akespeare,（15641616）,Shakespeares Birthplace -He was born in this house on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 23 ,1564.,Shakespeares Burial Site-He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, shown here.,HIS MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS,Com

3、edies,Tragedies,Chronicle Plays,Sonnets,HIS COMEDIES,Early Comedies,Middle Comedies,Mature Comedies,The Comedy of Errors,A Midsummer Night Dream,The Merchant of Venice,As You Like It,The Merry Wives of Windsor,Twelfth Night,3,HAMLET,OTHELLO,KING LEAR,MACBETH,Part Literary background,Reporter: XX,Lit

4、erary background,Social background,Social background,This story describes England in the late Renaissance（文艺复兴） and the true face of European society.,It describes the authors reflection on the Renaissance and the fate and future of deep concern.,It reflects the meaning and value of life, good and e

5、vil, reason and justice and other philosophical questions.,Cultural background,The famous Renaissance.,The movement first rise in the 14th century in Italian cities, then extended to other countries to the heyday（鼎盛） in the 16th century.,Development process,Cultural background,It is an ideological a

6、nd cultural movement；,It is a revolutionary era of science and art;,It opened a prelude to the modern European history;,It involves various aspects of intellectual inquiry.,Main significance:,Cultural background,Ideology of the movement: -Humanism,Cultural background,Ideology of the movement: -Human

7、ism,Historical background,Shakespeare lived in a decline society of feudal and the rise of capitalism in European. He lived in the end society of Queen Elizabeth.,Situation:,Historical background,Shakespeare exposes the darkness and injustice of the society by the mouth of Hamlet and demonstrated hi

8、s humanist thought.,Summary,Part Character analysis,Reporter: XX,Character Analysis of Hamlet doubtful complex depressed hesitate,After the disaster of his family he dares not to believe others any more. “Observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel（揭露） in one speech, it is a damag

9、e ghost that we have seen”,Doubtful,1. He once was a humanist，but his ideals have been shattered after he came back Denmark. 2. Deserted . He did not believe family love friendship and love any more.,Depression,1. Claudius：His uncle had to get rid of hamlet for consolidating(巩固) his political power.

10、 2. Himself: He not only wanted to revenge his father, but also he wanted to reverse the tide. In a word, his suffering changes his characteristic from a gentle prince to a doubtful, hesitate and depression man.,Hesitate,Part Story synopsis,Reporter: XX,The story synopsis,The ghost appears on the ba

11、ttlements.,Claudius thanks his subjects (臣服者) for assistance.,Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, grieves over his fathers demise and his mothers speedy re-marriage.,Hamlet meets the ghost.,The story synopsis,Hamlet decides to pretend that he had gone mad.,Ophelia comes and reports about Hamlets symptoms of

12、madness.,A company of strolling players (巡回演出的演员)arrives at the castle,The story synopsis,During the play Hamlet is intent upon the countenance and actions of his uncle.,Hamlet kills Polonius with a thrust through the arras.,Claudius hurriedly leaves.,He faces Gertrude, his mother.,The story synopsi

13、s,The two former school comrades of Hamlet dies.,Ophelia has become insane.,Hamlet returns to Denmark. There he sees the funeral of Ophelia.,Claudius and Laertes plan to kill Hamlet.,The story synopsis,The fencing match starts.,Laertes pricks Hamlet with the poisoned rapier.,Queen dies from the pois

14、oned drink. Laertes confesses his guilty design,Hamlet kills Claudius, and dies in the end.,Part Comparison of the father-revengers,Reporter: XX,The character of Father-revengers,About Hamlet:,“The courtiers, soldiers, scholars, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state; The glas

15、s of fashion, and the mold of form” Ophelia,The five stages:,“How came he dead? Ill not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, that both the worlds, I give to negligence, let come what

16、comes, only Ill be revenged. Most thoroughly for my father.” Laertes,About Laertes:,The character of Father-revengers,Noble youth, quite ordinary, relatively shallow, thoughtless, conventional, reckless, ,The key words:,Comparison of their characters,Their Attitudes towards Their Father,About Hamlet

17、:,“See what a grace was seated on this brow, Hyperions curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, As station like the herald Mercury, New lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combi- nation and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal to give the world

18、assurance of a man” Hamlet,Adoration, emotional attachments, duty, virtuous behavior ,The key words:,About Laertes :,“But in my terms of honour. I stand aloof; and will no reconcilement Till by some elder masters of known honour. I have a voice and precedent of peace. To keep my name ungored: but ti

19、ll that time I do receive your offered love like love, and will not wrong it.” Laertes,The key words:,Cold, formal, annoyed,Their Attitudes towards Their Father,Comparison of their attitude,Key take-away,Comparison allows us to gain a more perceptive understanding of the main characters.,We can borr

20、ow this method in the future reading and writing.,Part Works evaluation,Reporter: XX,Evaluation of William Shakespeares Hamlet,Humanism in Hamlet,As Hamlet studied atthe university of Wittenberg. His mind and view point was influenced by the atmosphere of the current notion. He hid his true feeling,

21、 as we know that humanism emphasizes personal power. So there may be sprout of Humanism in Hamlets mind .,“Renaissance Humanism is the spirit of learning that developed at the end of the middle ages with the revival of classical letters and a renewed confidence in the ability of human beings to determine for