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1、CHAPTERIINTRODUCTION1.1AbouttheauthorThelovestorywaswrittenbyWilliamShakespeare(1564-1615).HewasanEnglishdramatistandpoet,generallyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguage.Hewrote37playsand154sonnetsinhislifetime.Hisimagination,hisrichnessoflanguageandhisdeepundersta
2、ndingofhumanbehaviorshadmadehimuniversallyknownandloved.HisinfluenceonEnglishliteratureandonthewritersofothercountriesisimmense.Whenhewasseven,hewenttoagrammarschool.Butattheageoffourteen,hehadtobeaschoolmastertohelpsupporthisfamilybecauseofthedeclineofhisfamily.Afterarrivi
3、nginLondon,hewasconnectedwithdrama.Heusedblankversetoexpressallkindsofthoughtandemotionfreely.Hewrotesomanyfamousworks,suchasMerchantofVenice,Hamlet,KingLearandsoon.Shakespearewasoneofthefoundersofrealisminworldliterature.Hewasarespectedpoetandplaywrightinhisownday,buthisre
4、putationdidnotrisetoitspresentheightsuntilthenineteenthcentury.TheRomantics,inparticular,acclaimedShakespeare'sgenius,andtheVictoriansworshippedShakespearewithareverencethatGeorgeBernardShawcalled"bardolatry".Inthetwentiethcentury,hisworkwasrepeatedlyadoptedandrediscoveredb
5、ynewmovementsinscholarshipandperformance.Hisplaysremainedhighlypopulartodayandwereconstantlystudied,performedandreinterpretedindiverseculturalandpoliticalcontextsthroughouttheworld.Hisdramaticcreationoftenusedthemethodofadaptations.Hislongexperiencewiththestageandhisintimat
6、eknowledgeofdramaticartthusacquiredmadehimamasterhandforplaywriting.HewasagreatmasteroftheEnglishlanguage.Hewasskilledinmanypoeticforms:thesong,thesonnet,thecouple,andthedramaticblankverse.Manyofhisplayswerepublishedineditionsofvaryingqualityandaccuracyduringhislifetime.In1
7、623,bothofhisformertheatricalcolleaguespublishedtheFirstFolio,acollectededitionofhisdramaticworksthatincluded15allbuttwooftheplaysnowrecognizedasShakespeare's.1.2AbouttheplayThestorytookplaceinVeronacity.Thereweretwohugefamilygroups,theMontaguefamilyandtheCapuletfamily.Thea
8、rousedaseriesofnewstruggles.Nevertheless,theygavebirthtoapairofunfortunatelovers.“
