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1、作品分析EnglishLiteratureChapterOneTheRenaissancePeriodI.Shakespeare’ssonnets1.Withafewexceptions,ShakespearewriteshissonnetsinthepopularEnglishformofthreequatrainsandacouplet.Thecoupletusuallytiesthesonnettooneofthegeneralthemes,leavingthequatrainsfreetodevelopthepoeticintens
2、ity.2.Thesonnet’smostcommonthemesconcernthedestructiveeffectsoftime,thequicknessofphysicaldecay,andthelossofbeauty,vigor,andlove.Althoughthepoemscelebratelife,theyarealwayswithakeenawarenessofdeath.3.Hissonnet18expressesthatbeautifulthingscanrelyontheforceofliteraturetorea
3、cheternity.Literatureiscreatedbyman,thusitdeclaresman’seternity.Thepoemshowsthemightyself-confidenceofthenewlyclass.Thevivid,variableandrichimagesreflectthelivelyandadventurousspiritsofthosewhowereopeningnewworld.II.Shakespeare’sAMerchantofVenice1.Theme(1)Justicevs.mercy:S
4、hakespearesuggeststhatallmenshouldbemerciful.Thereisafurtheraspectofjustice—theinjusticerevealedintheChristians’treatmentoftheJews.(2)Appearancevs.reality:e.g.superficialorexternalbeautyvs.moralorspiritualbeautyortruth(inthecaseofthreecaskets);thelettersoflawvs.thespiritof
5、thelaw.(3)Commercialormaterialvaluesvs.love:Trueloveismuchmoreworthwhilethanmoneyandmaterialvalues.AntonioepitomizestrueloveinhisfriendshipforBassanio.2.ThecharacteranalysisofShylockShylockisaJewishusurer,andheisatragic-comiccharacter.Heiscomicbecausehefinallybecomestheone
6、punishedbyhisownevildeed.Heisavaricious.Heaccumulatesasmuchwealthashecanandheevenequateshislostdaughterwithhislostmoney.Heisalsocruel.Inordertorevenge,hewouldratherclaimapoundoffleshfromhisenemyAntoniothangetbackhisloan.Heistragic,becauseheisthevictimofthesociety.AsaJew,he
7、isnottreatedequallybythesociety.Thelawisharshtohim.Hehastomakeasmuchmoneyashecaninordertoprotecthim.HeisabusedbyAntonio,sohewantstogetrevenge.III.ThecharacteranalysisofHamletHamletisascholarandawarrior.Hisfatherhasbeenkilledbyhisuncle,Claudius,whothentakethethroneandmarrie
8、shismother.Hamletisinformedbytheghostofhisfathertotakerevenge,buttheweaknessofindecisiven
