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1、FeaturesofShakespeare'sDrama1.Shakespeareisoneofthefoundersofrealisminworldliterature.ThroughHamlet'sfamousspeechtotheplayersin"Hamlet"(3.2),Shakespearemakescommentondramaticperformance.Itspurpose,hemaintains,is"tohold,asitwere,themirroruptonature;toshowvirtueherownfeature,
2、scornherownimage,andtheveryageandbodyofthetimehisformandpressure."thisis,inessence,theprincipleofrealism."Realism,"accordingtoEngels,"implies,besidestruthindetail,thetruthfulreproductionoftypicalcharactersundertypicalcircumstances."livinginthehistoricalperiodofthetransition
3、fromfeudalismtocapitalism,Shakespearefaithfullyandvividlyreflects,throughahostofcharactersinhisplays,themajorsocialcontradictionsofhistime.Thus,hishistoricalplaysdescribethedecayingoftheoldfeudalnobilityandtherisingofthenewTudormonarchywhichrepresentedtheinterestsofEnglishm
4、erchantsandwell-to-docitizens.Hiscomediespaint,inbrightcolors,thelifeandloveoftheyoungmenandwomenjustfreedfromthefettersoffeudalism.Meanwhile,hisgreattragedies,inthemain,depictthelife-and-deathstrugglebetweenthehumanists,representingthethennewlyemergingforces,andthecorruptk
5、ings,theambitiousnoblelordsandallsortsofadventurists,parasitesandflattererswhorepresentthedarkpowerofthetime.1.Shakespeare'sdramaticcreationoftenusedthemethodofadaptation.HeborrowedhisplotswidelyfromGreeklegendsandRomanhistory,fromItalianstoriesandEnglishchronicles,andfromr
6、omancesbyhisEnglishcontemporaries.Sometimesherewroteoldplaysbycertaininferiorauthors.Buttheresultsofalltheselaborsbecomeoriginalcompositions.Whateverhetouchessparkleswithapeculiarbeautyofitsownandanoldstoryisthusturnedintoasuperbworkofdramaticart.Thoughhischaractersareoften
7、clothedinold,foreigndresses,theirthoughtsandfeelingsbelongtoShakespeare'sowntime,andsohisdramabecomesamonumentoftheEnglishrenaissance.Shakespearewroteabouthisownpeopleandforhisowntime.1.Shakespeare'slongexperiencewiththestageandhisintimateknowledgeofdramaticartthusacquiredm
8、akehimamaster-handforplay-writing.Underhishand,dramabecomesveryelastic.Theactionde
