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1、TheErosinShakespeare’sPlays:ItsEssence,ConsequencesandMoreLoveisaveryimportantaspectofhumanlife.TherearefourGreekwordsforlove:storge(thefamiliallove),phileo(friendship),agape(charity)anderos(romance)(Lewis,ascitedinWikipedia,1960).Andthisresearchfocuse
2、sprimarilyonerosbetweenyoungloversinShakespeare’sRomeoandJuliet,TheMerchantofVeniceandAMidsummer-Night’sDream.Fromtheplotintheseplays,IwilldiscussShakespeare’sperspectiveofromanticloveandcompareitwiththemodernconceptsoflove.Inmyopinion,theErosdepictedb
3、yShakespeareisverycomplexandquitedifferentfromwhatwenowconsiderastruelove.FromRomeotoPortia,theprotagonistsseemedtobeguidedbysomeimmortalpowerandwereimmediatelyattractedjustatthefirstsightoftheirMr.orMs.Right.Romeo,forexample,forgothisloveforRosaline,w
4、homhehadbeenlongingfor,assoonashesawJuliet’sface:Didmyheartlovetillnow?forswearit,sight!ForIne'ersawtruebeautytillthisnight.(RomeoandJuliet,act1,scene5)Atthesametime,JulietwasintendedtofallinlovewithandmarryParis,andwas,infact,quiterestrained.Butthatdi
5、dnotseemtohaveanyeffectonher.Andfollowingthatseemedtobethecommonmerrymakingamongadolescentboysandgirls,althoughthewayRomeodiditwasquitebold.Butshortlyafterwards,JulietalsofellinloveirredeemablywithRomeo:Goaskhisname:ifhebemarried.Mygraveisliketobemywed
6、dingbed.(RomeoandJuliet,act1,scene5)Thisseemedalltoorash,especiallyforayoungladywhowasonly14yearsold.IfRomeo’ssharpturninattitudeindicatedJuliet’sextraordinarybeautyandcharm,thenJuliet’schangewasbeyondexplanation,asRomeowasnotacharmingwooer.AndPortia’s
7、fallinginlovewithBassanioinTheMerchantofVenicewasevenmoresurprising.BeforeBassaniohadbeguntowooherorevenmether,thatlovefelluponPortia:Come,come,Nerissa;forIlongtoseeQuickCupid'spostthatcomessomannerly.(TheMerchantofVenice,act2,scene7)Infact,Portiaseeme
8、dtohavelostallherwisdomthistime,trustingtheglitteringappearanceofapieceoffool’sgold.WhenitcametoAMidsummer-Night’sDream,ShakespearesimplyborrowedaspritefromthelegendcalledPuckinordertoarrangesome“love-at-one-sight”situationsfortheyoungl
