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1、一.WhatisthethemeofBeowulf?Thematicallythepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.二.WilliamShakespeare（i）Nameh
2、isfourgreatesttragedies.（2）Whatarethecharacteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?(3)Brieflysummarizeeachhero’sweaknessofnature.1.Shakespeare’sfourgreatesttragediesare:Hamlet,Othello,Kinglear,andMacbeth.2.Eachportrayssomenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandi
3、scaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.3.Eachherohashisweaknessofnature;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispower;andMacbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes三.trytodiscussWilliamS
4、hakespeare‘sartofcreations.1.Shakespeare’smajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnortypeones;theyareindividualsrepresentingcertaintypes.eachcharacterhashisorherownpersonalities;meanwhile,theymaysharefeatureswithothers.2.Byapplyingapsycho-analyticalapproach,
5、Shakespearesucceedsinexploringthecharacters’innermind.3.Shakespeareseldominventshisownplots;instead,heborrowsthemfromsomeoldplaysorstorybooks,orfromancientGreekandRomansources.4.Inhiswritings,disguiseisalsoanimportantdevicetocreatedramaticirony,usuallywithwomandi
6、sguisedasman.5.Heoftenwroteskillfullyindifferentpoeticforms,likethesonnet,theblankverse,andtherhymedcouplet.四.BrieflydiscusswhyHamletissoimpressiveinShakespeare’sHamlet.1.TheheroHamletinShakespesareisplayHamletisnotedforhishesitiontotakehisrevenge,hismelancholyna
7、tureofactiononlytodenypossibilitiestodoanything.2.Hecametoknowthathisfatherwasmurderedbyhisunclewhobecameking.Hehatedhimsodeeplythathewantedtokillhim.Buthelovedhiswidowedmotherwholatermarriedhisuncle.Thismadehimdeepintrouble.3.Whenheplannedtokillhisuncle,hewasafr
8、aidtohurthismother.Andalso,wheneverythingwasreadyforhimtokillhisuncle,heforgavehimforhisunclewasprayingtoGodforhiscrime.Thushelostgoodchance.4.Hamletrepresente
