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1、英国文学问答题1.Shakespeare:Questions:1.Whysleepissofrightening,accordingtoHamlet,sinceitcan“end”theheartacheandthethousandnaturalshocks”?2.Whywouldpeopleratherhearallthesufferingsoftheworldinsteadchoosingdeathtogetridofthem,accordingtoHamlet?3.What,afterall,makespeoplelos
2、etheirdeterminationtotakeaction?Pleaseexplaininrelationtotheso-calledhesitationofHamlet.4.WhatdoesRomeocompareJuliettointhebeginningpassageoftheselection?5.WhatisRomeoandJuliet’sattitudetowardbeingaMontagueoraCapulet?6.WhatdoesRomeomeanwhenhesays“Lookthoubutsweet,/A
3、ndIamproofagainsttheirenmity”?7.What’syourunderstandingontheutterance“tobeornotbe”?8.BrieflycommentonthecharacteristicsofHamlet’spersonality.9.WhenwereShakespeare’smajortragedieswritten?Whatdidhewriteaboutinhistragedies?Answersforreference:1.Nobodycanpredictwhathewi
4、lldreamofafterhefallsasleep.2.Deathissomysteriousthatnobodyknowswhatdeathwillbringtous.Maybebittersufferings,greatpains,heartbreakingstories…3.1)Conscienceandover-considerations.2)Hewantstorevenge,butdoesn’tknowhow;2)Hewantstokillhisuncle,butfindittoorisky;3)Helives
5、indespairandwantstocommitsuicide,4)however,heknowsifhedies,nobodywillcomforthisfather’sghost.Heisinfaceofgreatdilemma.4.Sun.5.Theywouldgiveuptheirnamesforlove’ssake.6.Onlyifyouarekindtome,theirhatredcannothurtme.7.“Tobeornottobe”meanstoliveorendone’slifebyself-destr
6、uction.Hamlethasalreadyspokenofsuicideasameansofescape,andhedwellsonitinalaterpartofthis9/9veryspeech,givinghoweveradifferentreasonforrefraining.Thenotionthatinthewords“ornottobe”heisspeculatingonthepossibilityof“somethingafterdeath”---whetherthereisafuturelife–cann
7、otbeentertainedforamoment.Thewholedriftofthespeechshowshisbeliefinafuturelife.Practicallythewholespeechhasbecomeproverbialasanoutpouringofutterworldlyweariness.8.HamletisthetypicalofhumanistsunderthepenofShakespeare,whoischaracteristicoftheperfectionandperseverancei
8、npersonalityembodiedintheRenaissancesuperman.AsOpheliatellsusthathehadbeentheidealRenaissanceprince___asoldier,scholar,courtier,“theglasso
