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作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-7-2012 20:30
标题: 札记 - 莎士比亚剧作略览
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 7-9-2014 09:45 编辑

由The Tudors http://www.freeoz.org/ibbs/thread-1006293-1-1.html
扩展到莎士比亚 Shakespeare
这段时间就集中看先看这两本
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一个较全面的莎士比亚作品网站，由纽约城google公司一个软件工程师建立，但只是莎士比亚时期的英文。
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

各地图书馆可以找到 No Fear Shakespeare (莎士比亚原文与现代英语一一对应)
也可网上阅读

No Fear Shakespeare http://nfs.sparknotes.com/

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莎士比亚作品（流行的中国内中文翻译名字对应，不保证精确）
（一生中37部剧作，154首诗）

喜剧
As You Like It - 皆大欢喜
The comedy of Errors - 连环错
Love's Labours lost - 爱的徒劳
The Merry Wives of Windsor - 温莎的风流娘儿们
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 仲夏夜之梦
Much Ado About Nothing - 无事生非
Taming of the Shrew - 驯悍记
Troilus and Cressida - 特洛伊勒斯与克芮丝德
Twelfth Night - 主显节前夕
Two Gentlemen of Verona - 维洛那两绅士

Shakespeare's late romances
Pericles, Prince of Tyre - 泰尔亲王配力克里斯
Cymbeline - 辛白林
The Tempest - 暴风雨
Winter's Tale - 冬天的故事

'Problem Plays'
All's Well That Ends Well - 终成眷属
The Merchant of Venice - 威尼斯商人
Measure for Measure - 一报还一报

悲剧
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus

历史剧
Henry IV, part 1 - 《亨利四世》第一卷
Henry IV, part 2 - 《亨利四世》第二卷
Henry V - 亨利五世
Henry VI, part 1 - 《亨利六世》第一卷
Henry VI, part 2 - 《亨利六世》第二卷
Henry VI, part 3 - 《亨利六世》第三卷
Henry VIII - 亨利八世
King John - 约翰王
Richard II - 理查德二世
Richard III - 理查德三世

诗
The Sonnets 十四行诗
A Lover's Complaint 爱人的怨诉
The Rape of Lucrece 鲁克丽丝受辱记
Venus and Adonis 维纳斯和阿多尼斯
Funeral Elegy 挽歌

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A list of his plays in order of length from longest to shortest
Shakespeare is usually spoken at the rate of 1000 lines per hour.

Hamlet (Name of play)	4024 (number of Lines)
Coriolanus	3824
Cymbeline	3753
Richard III	3718
Antony and Cleopatra	3573
Othello	3560
King Lear	3499
Troilus and Cressida	3486
Winter's Tale	3362
Henry IV, Part II	3255
Henry VIII	3239
Henry V	3227
Two Noble Kinsmen	3220
Henry VI, Part II	3125
Romeo and Juliet	3093
Henry IV, Part I	3041
Henry VI, Part III	2932
All's Well That Ends Well	2927
Measure for Measure	2839
Richard II	2803
Love's Labour's Lost	2758
Henry VI, Part I	2702
As You Like It	2670
Merchant of Venice	2662
King John	2648
Taming of the Shrew	2641
Julius Caesar	2636
Merry Wives of Windsor	2612
Edward III	2605
Much Ado About Nothing	2581
Titus Andronicus	2558
Timon of Athens	2512
Twelfth Night	2482
Macbeth	2477
Pericles	2464
Tempest	2275
Two Gentlemen of Verona	2233
Midsummer Night's Dream	2165
Comedy of Errors	1786

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-7-2012 20:51
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 20-7-2014 13:23 编辑

Romeo and Juliet

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_4.html (莎士原文和现代英语一一对应)

此剧正如中国的 ‘红楼梦’，不同的年龄看到的是不同的故事

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Romeo and Juliet

Prologue
Act 1 Scene 1 - 5
Act 2 Prologue, Scene 1 - 6
Act 3 Scene 1 - 5
Act 4 Scene 1 - 5
Act 5 Scene 1 - 3

故事视频 http://www.sparknotes.com/sparknotes/video/romeojuliet

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-7-2012 21:17
Characters

Romeo - at age of 17
Montague - father
Lady Montague - mother
Benvolio - cousin
Mercutio - close friend
Abrajam and Balthasar - servants

Juliet - age of 13
Capulet - father
Lady Capulet - mother
Nurse - nurse
Tybalt - cousin
Paris - intend to marry with Juliet
Sampson, Gregory, Peter - servants

Prince - kinsman with Mercutio and Paris

Friar Lawrence / Friar John

The Apothecary

The Chorus - narrator

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作者: wkmqla 时间: 18-7-2012 22:21
先MARK

作者: wkmqla 时间: 18-7-2012 22:23
很精彩~~~

作者: wkmqla 时间: 18-7-2012 22:23

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-7-2012 23:19
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-7-2014 22:31 编辑

Act Summaries

Act One
Scene 1
Montague and Capulet, servants from the two families, are fighting at the street. Prince breaks them up.
Romeo, the only son of the Montague, is in love with a girl who vowed to be a virgin. Romeo is sad and depressed because of it.
Scene 2
Peter could not read and seeks help from Romeo.
Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the ball to forget about his unrequited love.
Scene 3
The mother of Juliet asks her daughter to try to like Paris, a handsome man, telling Juliet that she herself married at very young age.
Scene 4
Benvolio, Romeo and Mercutio are talking about the party and dreams.
Romeo gets a bad feeling that going to the party may end with his death.
Scene 5
Capulet tells Tybalt to calm down when they finds out that Romeo is in their ball, saying that Romeo has a reputation as a well-behaved young man in the town.
Romeo meets Juliet and falls in love with her at first sight. He thinks his eyes lied to him before. Juliet is the true beauty.

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那个年代以拇指弹前齿为挑衅意

(You were right on target.
Take my advice. Don't think about her.
You can put out one fire by starting another.

beautiful as a swan; ugly as a crow - the large black bird )

作者: yearshappy 时间: 21-7-2012 22:32
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-7-2014 08:27 编辑

Act Two

Prologue
Romeo is in love again - both of them falling for each others' good looks. The girl is supposed to be his enemy and has been hooked by someone she should fear.

Scene 1
Benvolio and Mercutio are looking for Romeo.

Scene 2
Romeo and Juliet swear to be lovers and will marry tomorrow morning.
Quotes:
'Oh, Romeo, Romeo, why do you have to be Romeo? ' saying Juliet at the balcony.
Just call me your love, and I will take a new name - Romeo
In truth, handsome Montague, I like you too much - Juliet
I would be satisfied if we made each other true promises of love - Romeo
.. you can pass on a message telling me where and when we'll be married...- Juliet

Scene 3
Though Friar Lawrence is shocked to know that Romeo gives up so quickly on Rosaline, he is going to help Romeo marry Juliet. He thinks this marriage may be lucky enough to turn the hatred between the two families into pure love.
Quotes
Friar Lawrence - There are two opposite elements in everything, in men as well as in herbs - good and evil.
Friar Lawrence - You can't expect women to be faithful when men are so unreliable.
Friar Lawrence - you were acting like you were in love wihtout knowing what love means.
Friar Lawrence - Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

Scene 4
Mercutio is talking to Romeo and Benvolio. His language is full of offensive sexcual innuendo.
Nurse comes to look for Romeo. Romeo tells the Nurse the plan, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence's cell and makes confession and be married. Within an hour, a rope ladder will help Romeo to climb over the walls at night to meet Juliet in secret.

Scene 5
Nurse tells Juliet to hurry up and rush over to Friar Lawrence's cell.

Scene 6
Romeo and Juliet both are secretly united in marriage at Friar Lawrence's cell.
Quotes
Lawrence - These sudden joys have sudden endings.
Lawrence - too much honey is delicious, but it makes you sick to your stomach.
Lawrence - Love each other in moderation. This is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 21-7-2012 23:40
Act Three

Scene 1
Benvolio does not want to go outside so as to aviod getting into a fight with the Capulets.
Mercutio doesen't care and seems in a mood ready to fight.
Tybalt challenges Romeo but with no return. Mercutio draws his sword saying 'Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you fight me?'
Romeo tells Benvolio to beat down the two fighers' weapons.
Tybalt stabs Mercutio and Mercutio dies. Romeo kills Tybalt.
Price announces that Romeo is exiled from Verona.

Scene 2
Juliet, Romeo's wife of three hours, gets the news that his cousin was killed by Romeo.

Scene 3
Romeo feels tortured by sending away from Juliet. Friar Lawrence tries to comfort him with philosophy.
Nurse tells Friar Lawrence and Romeo that Juliet is so painfull that weeps and weeps and falls down.
Lawrence gives a long talk to Romeo not to kill himself. Romeo gets the ring from Juliet.

Scene 4
Sir Capulet makes a decision that Paris will marry Juliet On Thursday.

Scene 5
Juliet and Romeo kiss then Romeo drops the ladder and goes down.
Lady Capulet tells her daughter to marry Paris and plans to kill Romeo.
Juliet refuses to marry Paris. The parents gets rage.
Capulet calls his own daughter, you little bug! You worthless girl! You pale face!You disobedient wretch!
Juliet thinks about to take her own life if Lawrence has no solution to it.
Quotes
Capulet - 'my top priority has always been to find Juliet a husband. Now Paris is from a noble family, has good-looking, young, well-educated, full of of good qualities....you can beg, starve, and die in the streets. I swear on my soul, I will never take you back or do anything for you.'

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 18:50
Act 4
Scene 1
Paris acts as a husband of Juliet when he meets her. Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a vial and tells her of drinking sleeping potion.
Scene 2
Capulet is working on the wedding preparation for the next day.
Scene 3
Juliet thinks about the concequeces of drinking from the vial. Then she makes the decision to drink it and falls on her bed.
Scene 4
Capulet has been working on the wedding for all night long. Paris is coming with music. The nurse is being told to wake up Juliet and get her dressed.
Scene 5
Nurse says Juliet is dead. The parents are in great pain. The wedding is now going to be a funeral.

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 19:06
Act 5
1, Balthasar, Romeo's servant, brings the death news to Romeo. Romeo buys potion from the apothecary in Mantua.
2, The letter of Friar Lawrence is not sent to Romeo.
3, Paris is placing flowers on Juliet's tomb while Romeo is coming to the graveyard. They both fight and Paris dies. Romeo drinks the potion and dies. Juliet wakes up from the tomb, seeing Romeo is dead and stabs herself with Romeo's dagger and dies. Romeo's mother died for the pain of losing son. The two families are settled in peace.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 20:07
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-7-2014 08:30 编辑

最聪明懂世故的人是 Lawrence
莎士比亚通过他的口，说出了很多至今仍是充满哲理的句子
他想通过两个孩子的婚姻来评定两家的仇恨，可是百密一疏，这封致命的信没有到达 Romeo 手里。

Romeo 和 Juliet，17岁和13岁，
两个名望家庭的独生子女
一个先是爱 Rosaline 死去活来的，（一出场，就是一个问题少年），在见到 Juliet 之后，立刻忘记旧爱的少年郎，
一个是见到 Romeo 一两小时就发誓相爱并求结婚的花季少女
两个大谈处女贞操和相貌的热血 teens
Love？是 Lust （欲望）？是少年荷尔蒙作用？
（可作为很好的论文题材）

6人死亡
Mercutio - 被 Tybalt 所杀，算是为两家积仇怨恨而亡
Tybalt - 被 Romeo 刺死，算是 Romeo行‘道义’，一命偿一命
Romeo - 喝毒倒下，为爱Juliet弃生
Juliet - 自刺而死，为爱Romeo
Romeo的妈妈，病郁而亡，为丧失了唯一的孩子
Paris - 在于Romeo战中而亡，那个年代的标准好人

两家族关系
戏中没有直接两家主人的冲突和仇恨言语，街斗都是发生在为两家服务人员和下一代年轻人之间

作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 21:41
电影版本列举

1968 版本，Romeo and Juliet, 导演 Franco Zeffirelli
情节最与原著接近

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1996，Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann
改动最大的，电影充满现代元素，人物角色却是满口莎士比亚原文
Romeo 与泰坦尼克男主角是同一演员

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 22:45
Othello

Act One Scene 1-3
Act Two Scene 1-3
Act Three Scene 1-4
Act Four Scene 1-3
Act Five Scene 1,2

Characters

Othello - protagonist and hero, a respected general of the millitery of Venice, committed suicide
Desdemona - wife of Othello, daughter of the Venetian senator Brabantio, murdered by Othello

Iago - villain of the play, 28 years old, positioned as Othello's ensigh
Emillia - wife of Iago, Destemona's attendant, killed by Iago

Cassio - young, highly educated, newly promoted lieutenant of Othello
Bianca - prostitute in Cyprus,, her favorite customer is Cassio

Roderigo - young, rich, foolish, killed by Iago

Duke of Venice - the official authority in Venice
Montano - the governor of Cyprus before Othello

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 26-7-2012 23:11
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-7-2014 22:32 编辑

Summaries

Act One

Scene 1
Roderigo has been paying Iago to get Desdemona for him.
Iago reveals that he shows the false loyalty and affection towards Othello so as to get what he wants. He wants to be Othello's lieutenant replacing Cassio who has no hand-on knowledge of warfare. He believes there are two types of servants. The ones who are really looking out for themselves will get rich and be their own masters. He is not who he appears to be.
They both irritate Desdemona's father and try to spread rumors about Othello.

racist quots
Roderigo - thick-lips , odd-even dull watch
Iago - old black ram, Barbary(北非伊斯兰教区) horse

作者: yearshappy 时间: 27-7-2012 20:02
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:12 编辑

Act One

2, Duke sends Cassio to look for Othello for the warfare of Cyprus. Brabantio finds Othello and accuses him of stealing his daughter.

Racist quot from Brabantio
sooty bosom of such a thing as thou - to fear, not to delight

3, The Turkish fleet is approaching Cyprus. Duke is going to send Othello to fight the Turks. Othello tells the people how he wooed Destemona. He leaves his wife to the 'trustworthy' Iago.
Iago asks Roderigo to sell all his assets and land - getting money from fools. He gets a new plan.

Racist quot from Brabantio
She, fall in love with what she feared to look on

作者: Serin 时间: 27-7-2012 23:38
我在人人影视随便逛时看到这部片子，年乐你看过没？
空王冠,The Hollow Crown,第1季连载中,英国,,资源下载,中文字幕下载,连载,YYeTs 人人影视

作者: yearshappy 时间: 28-7-2012 20:24
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:12 编辑

原帖由 Serin 于 27-7-2012 23:38 发表

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我在人人影视随便逛时看到这部片子，年乐你看过没？
空王冠,The Hollow Crown,第1季连载中,英国,,资源下载,中文字幕下载,连载,YYeTs 人人影视

真好的网页，谢谢Serin分享
我还没看其历史剧呢，看过学者们的正史，再看莎士的创作应该非常有趣，得空一定看看

近日抽空看其悲剧，感叹莎士比亚怎么那么看透世事人情

原想多读中国古文的璀璨精华，现在看来，莎士比亚作品可有等同作用

作者: 澳人建筑 时间: 5-8-2012 09:48
今天的早饭太丰富啦。

慢慢地一点一点来消化.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 5-8-2012 19:50
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 19-7-2014 22:33 编辑

在图书馆巧遇这本书，
就止不住想先读这个

感觉很有帮助，也和自己的一些心得对上号了
享受呢

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1) History plays

The English history plays, 'Richard II', 'Henry IV Part One'
The Roman history plays, 'Julius Caesar', 'Antony and Cleopatra', 'Coriolanus'

The pattern of all plays is that some actions take place at the outset that triggers off a problem, and that the greater part of the play is then devoted to presenting the ensuing conflict.

The basic idea is that there is a huge gap between how things should be in England and the more complex reality of how they actually are. Day-to-day life is complex because society is made up of individuals who are not content to be mere robots obetiently serving the state. The simple fact is that life will never be stable and peaceful as men cannot suppress their individuality.

Characters are obviously absolutely central in a play. Themes are issues which are being dealt with in a play. The speeches (language) in Shakespeare play are so rich and full of meaning.

2) Tragedy plays

'Hamlet', 'King Lear', 'Othello', 'Macbeth'

The pattern of all tragedy plays is that some action takes place or a character does something that throws life into turmoil. To express this in the simplest terms, social order prevails at the beginning of the play, but very quickly we see society in a state of disorder. The effect of this is that a play makes us think about the complex nature of man and the world we live in; we see the gap between our ideal notions of a peaceful, stable society and the reality of a world where people are unruly.

Comedy laughs at man's unruly instincts and passions. In tragedy, by contrast, the dramatist gives full and serious consideration to the disruptive effcts of man's behaviour.

3) Comedy plays

The romantic comedies, 'Twelfth Night', 'Much Ado About Nothing'
The problem(dark) comedies, 'Troilus and Cressida', 'All's Well That ends Well', 'Measure for Measure'

Shakespeare has a tremendous ability to create comic characters and amusing situations.

The structure of comedy plays starts with an exposition stage, where things begin to go wrong or get out of hand. This is followed by the complication stage, when disorder prevails and life is turned upside down. At the end of a comedy, however, in the resolution stage, the problems are solved ending with marrige or a dance. Disorder has been overcome and the ending symbolises a new harmony.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 16-12-2012 16:40
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:16 编辑

原帖由 yearshappy 于 27-7-2012 21:02 发表

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Act One

2, Duke sends Cassio to look for Othello for the warfar of Cyprus. Brabantio finds Othello and accuses him of stealing his daughter.

Racist quot from Brabantio
sooty bosom of such a th ...

Act Two
Scene 1
Cassio's fine minner of greeting women triggers off Iago's revenge plan.
Before Othello arrives in Cyprus, Iago gives a critical speech about women, showing that he is very sexist. He does not have any respect towards females.
The war's over as Turks are drowned in the mountainous waves.
From Iago's point of view, Cassio is good looking/ polite/smooth and Othello is hot tempered.

Scene 2,3
To celebrate the victory and Othello's marriage, there'll be a feast in Cyprus. Cassio is told to keep a careful eye on the guards and not let the party get too wild. Iago got Cassio drunk and got him into a fight. Cassio therefore lost his position.

（I can't see ..., either in the bay or on the occean
the water's rough / mountainous waves / stormy sea
deep-rooted problem
self-restraint / restrain yourself / self-control / lose their minds
pathetic = useless, unsuccessful, badly done that they annoy you
street brawler ）

作者: yearshappy 时间: 17-12-2012 10:59
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:18 编辑

Act Three

Scene 1,2, 3, 4
Iago sets all the scenes to make Othello suspects his wife and Cassio. Othello questions his marriage for the first time in Scene 3. He self doubts his skin colour, manners and old age. (P151)
The handkerchief, symbol of love between the couple, falls to the floor.
Othello admits that he gets lost, saying his career is over in Scene 3. By the end of this scene he has made the decision to kill 'that beautiful devil'.
Iago is now the lieutenant of Othello.
Othello desperately asks Desdermona for the handkerchief.
Cassio finds the handkerchief in his room and then happens to ask Bianca to copy the embroidery pattern on it for him.

(We achieve things with our intelligence, not by magic
Intelligent planning takes time
in my judgment
Iago knows a lot about human behaviour
Aren't you a rational human being? Don't you have any sense at all? )

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 11:21
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:16 编辑

Act Four

Scene 1
Iago manipulates the 'affair' between Cassio and Desdemona in details. This makes Othello trembling and then he falls into a trance. Not soon after, Othello misunderstands Cassio's smiles, gestures, and jokes about the prostitute Bianca. This is all under the control of Iago.

Scene 2
Othello doesn't get the 'truth' from Emilia who gives a very positive comment on the honest and faithful lady, Desdemona. The true and loyal wife is stunned while her husband's accusing her of a whore.
Roderigo finds out Iago's tricks, telling him that he couldn't take it any longer.

Scene 3
Desdemona says to Emilia in her bedroom that she loves Othello even when he's harsh and mean. She couldn't get the song of death out of her head. Singing the death song she falls asleep.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 11:37
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 30-7-2014 10:19 编辑

Act Five

Scene 1
Iago tells Roderogo to be bold and get ready to kill Cassio. Iago stabs Cassio in the leg during the night fight and kills Roderogo afterwards. Othello is encouraged by 'brave Iago' saying that he will kill the whore wife.
Emilia swears to Bianca 'Oh, fie upon thee, strumpet(Go to hell, you whore)!'
'I am no strumpet, but of life as honest as you that thus abuse me (I'm no whore. I'm as moral as you are)' Bianca responds.

Scene 2
Desdemona is waking up while Othello enters the bedroom with a candle. Othello accuses her of giving the handkerchief to Cassio and having sex with him. Desdemona is begging that let her say one prayer. She doesn't achieve this and Othello smothers her. Then he closes the bed curtains, going to unlock the door for Emilia.
While they are talking, Emillia hears the crying from the bed. Desdemona answers to Emilia that she killed herself to protect her husband from murdering. Desdemona dies.
Othello confesses that he killed his wife to Emilia.
Emillia realises that her husband, Iago, has a malicious soul rotted in hell. She's killed by her husband.
Othello stabs himself and dies when he knows the truth.
Iago is sent to prison.

4 deaths in OTHELLO because of weakness of human beings

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 13:19
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 24-10-2014 22:50 编辑

这两大悲剧作品看下来，最喜欢奥赛罗

罗密欧与朱丽叶
两大家族仆人们不断的街斗；两个少年懵懂的性意识冲动发展到最后的极端悲剧
。
。
。
奥赛罗这个剧包含的内容太多了
最精彩的角色塑造就是 Iago ，此角色集中了人的复杂性以及人性中的弱点。此类人，通透人性，极尽拨弄是非之能事，最终达到自己的目的。
Roderigo，富有的，简单无知的乡村年轻人
几位背景完全不同的女性，各自具有典型的性格特色：那个年代的乖乖女好妻子，具有独立意识的宁死也求真相，为爱而做梦的妓女。。。

北非黑人由于其非凡的战绩做了统帅 General
提拔了Cassio做他的手下第二位 Lieutenant
从而引起了第三位置的 Ensigh ，也就是Iago的嫉妒，之后是一系列人性弱点的大暴露。。。。。。。。。

所有的人物，仍然活灵活现今天这个时代。

作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 13:30
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被认为最早出版的剧本封面
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北非外史的画像
在伊丽莎白一世期间，访问英国，目的是联合英国反对西班牙
被认为是奥赛罗人物外貌创作的版本

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 14:21
影视列举

1981年版本
奥赛罗最后一戏
莎士比亚语言，Act Five Scene 2 Line 354

[youtube]epW6H6UlfcE[/youtube]

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 18-12-2012 14:27
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1995 版本，真正黑人扮演的奥赛罗
最后一幕戏视频

Act 5 Scene 2
Line 261 Emilia 哼唱着那首死亡的歌曲，死在Desdemona床边
Line 354 Othello 最后的一剧，戏词同上
莎士比亚语言

[youtube]rqB7mpaLY2Y[/youtube]

以上剧中人物都是说莎士比亚时期的语言，这对英语不是母语的人群来说是个障碍，
所以事先熟读剧本，就会获得一些享受。
也许很多英语世界的人们对莎士比亚语言的迷恋和推崇，使得严肃些的文学作品依然没有更其为现代英语。

作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-7-2014 08:44
上次论坛改版后，帖子里的图片全部变大了。不再一一改小。

作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-7-2014 09:37
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Macbeth 麦克白斯

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List of Scenes

Act 1
Scene 1: A desert place.
Sce.2 A camp near Forres.
Sce3: A heath near Forres.
Scene 4: Forres. The palace.
Scene 5: Inverness. Macbeth's castle.
Scene 6: Before Macbeth's castle.
Scene 7: Macbeth's castle.

Act 2
Scene 1: Court of Macbeth's castle.
Scene 2: The same.
Scene 3: The same.
Scene 4: Outside Macbeth's castle.

Act 3
Scene 1: Forres. The palace.
Scene 2: The palace.
Scene 3: A park near the palace.
Scene 4: The same. Hall in the palace.
Scene 5: A Heath.
Scene 6: Forres. The palace.

Act 4
Scene 1: A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
Scene 2: Fife. Macduff's castle.
Scene 3: England. Before the King's palace.

Act 5
Scene 1: Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle.
Scene 2: The country near Dunsinane.
Scene 3: Dunsinane. A room in the castle.
Scene 4: Country near Birnam wood.
Scene 5: Dunsinane. Within the castle.
Scene 6: Dunsinane. Before the castle.
Scene 7: Another part of the field.
Scene 8: Another part of the field.

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Characters

Macbeth - a Scottish general and a nobility of eastern Scotland. He is a powerful man but not virtuous and to fufill his ambitions, he starts to commit crimes.
Lady Macbeth - the wife of Macbeth. She is the critical figure in murdering the King Duncan. However, she falls victim to guilt and madness to such a greater degree that she commits suicide.

King Duncan - the good king of Scotland and the model of a virtuous, benevolent ruler.
Malcolm - The oldest son of King Duncan, fled to England after his father's murder. supposed to be the King after Macbeth
Donalbain - King Duncan's younger son, escaped to Ireland

Hecate - the goddess of witchcraft
The three witches - By applying charms, spells and prophecies, together with Hecate the three mysterious hags plot mischief on Macbeth

Banquo - a brave noble general, murdered by Macbeth
Fleance - the son of Banquo, fled away the attempt of murdering. Presumably, he may come to rule Scotland to fulfill the witches' prophecy.

Macduff - a scottish nobleman who eventually helps Malcolm to unseat Macbeth
Lennox, Ross, Angus, Menteith, Caithness - Scottish noblemen
Siward - general of the English forces

Seyton - Macbeth's servant and attendant
Doctor - Lady Macbeth's doctor
Gentlewoman - Lady Macbeth's caretaker
Porter - gatekeeper at Macbeth's castle

three murderers

作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-7-2014 12:33
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Scene summaries

Act one

S1
The three witches meet in thunder and lighting. Plan to meet Macbeth in an open field before sunset. 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'
S2
King Duncan hears of all the stories about the brave Mecbeth, told by Captain and Ross (a nobleman) .
The thane of Cawder, a disloyal traitor, will be excuted whereas Macbeth will be given all his titles by the King Duncan.

开场的几个幕与奥赛罗相似，英雄人物出场前，都是他人述说其勇士行为，铺垫人物悲剧或者复杂性的开始

S3
On the way that the witches are going to meet Macbeth, the first witch is telling a story of hers. As a sailor's wife refused to give her chestmuts, the witch is going to make the sailor's journey miserable and drain the life out of him after 81 weeks.

The witches' prophecy to Macbeth
- Hail to you, thane of Glamis
- Hail to you, thane of Cawdor
- All hail, Macbeth, the future king!
their prophecy to Banquo
- Your descendants will be kings

Ross brings the news to Macbeth that King Dunan will make him the thane of Cawdor.
Two of the prediction come true to Macbeth. 'I find myself thinking about murdering Kind Duncan, a thought so horrifying that it makes my hair stand on end and my heart pound inside my chest..' (Macbeth knows right from the beginning that he is going to do wrong, terribly wrong)
To Banquo, he keeps his mind clear. He knows 'Evils earn our trust by telling the truth about little things, but then they betray us when it will damage us the most.'
两个同样雄心壮志的勇士对待女巫的预言，反应截然不同，也因此导致两人的未来路不同

S4
"There's no way to read a man's mind by looking at his face. I trusted Cawdor completely" quoted from Duncan.
King announces that he will bestow the kingdom on his eldest son. To become king Macbeth himself, he now decides to step over the son of King Duncan. 'I won't let my eye look at what my hand is doiing, but in the end I'm still going to do that thing I'd be horrified to see.'
Macbeth 不相信自己可以做坏事，但依然决定去做

S5
Lady Macbeth learns all about the prophecy of the three witches from her husband's letter before the king coming to their castle.
She told her husband that the night would change every night and day for the rest of their lives. She asks Macbeth to disguise his real feelings and to project a peaceful mood so that suspicion won't be aroused.
"You should look like an innocent flower, but be like the snake that hides underneath the flower." 夫人似乎更决绝恶毒而无良性

S6
King Duncan arrives in the castle of Macbeth and meets Lady Macbeth.

S7
'We can't go on with this plan (assassination of Duncan),' said Macbeth to his wife, worrying about the failure and a trace of guilty of conscience.
'We will lay all the blames on the drunken servants,' comforts her husband and urges him to carry on with the plan.
Macbeth "Now I'm decided, and I will exert every muscle in my body to commit this crime."

作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-7-2014 21:14
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Act 2

S1
The king is asleep and Macbeth is going to kill him.
"The more I talk, the more my courage cools." quote of Macbeth

S2
Lady Macbeth put so many drugs in the servants' drinks that no one can tell if they are alive or dead.
Macbeth looks at his bloody hands, saying "This is a sorry sight."
"Why couldn't I say Amen? I desperately needed God's blessing, but the word Amen stuck in my throat,"Macbeth told this to his wife after the murdering.
'Macbeth has murdered sleep, and therefore Macbeth will sleep no more. '

S3
To his horror, Macduff discovers that the king was murdered in Macbeth's castle. The nobemen are going to meet in the hall, while the two sons of Duncan make decision that they are going to English and Ireland to escape from danger.

S4
The servants were killed by Macbeth for accusing of King's murders. Ross is the only person to question the motivation for servants in doing so. The sons of the king who had run away were taken the blame.
Macbeth has already been named King and is waiting for the crown in Scone.

In Line 31, the word Scone has captal S in it. It's not any quick-bread kind but refer to the village in Scotland where once all crown had been held on the stone of Scone.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 20-7-2014 13:11

Act three

S1
Macbeth is now the King of Scotland. He worries about his kindship taken away by Banquo's son as the witches' prophet. Macbeth also believes that Banquo has the wisdom to act bravely but also safely. He is not afraid of anyone else but Banquo.
He asks Banquo for exactly what he will do and where he will be this afternoon.
He then calls two murderers in and urges them to kill Banquo.

S2
Lady Macbeth tries to comfort his husband. 'What's done is done,' in another words is that's it; whereas Macbeth thinks bad deeds force you to commit more bad deeds. He is anxious to call the night coming quickly so that the murderers can tear up Banquo's lease on life.
To help understanding the word LEASE, I would say - We all have our lease on life. Once you've done your lease, you say goodbye to the earth.

S3
The 3rd murderer joins the other two. Banquo dies while his son, Fleance, ran away.
The three muerderers fail in half of their mission.

S4
At the banquet
Seeinng the ghost of Banquo, Macbeth acts so strangely to others that his wife has to cover for him, telling the lords not to pay attention to Macbeth. Nevertheless, Macbeth is determined to go the worse about what's going to happen.

Below quotations help me learn how Macbeth was portrayed by Shakespare
quote - I have walked so far into this river of blood that even if I stopped now, it would be as hard to go back to being good as it is to keep killing people.
quote - My strange self-delusions just come from inexperince. We're still just beginners when it comes to crime.

the description that I could learn from
solid as a piece of marble, firm as a rock, free as the air

S5
The three witches meet Hecate - the goddess of witchcraft - to trick Macbeth with illusions because Macbeth behaves like a spoiled brat, angry and hateful, and with chasing after what he wants he doesn't care about anything else.

quote - Overconfidence is man's greatest enermy.

S6
Lennox has suspicions on Macbeth who killed the two servants while they were still drunk that they had no chance to say anything. The country is suffering under a tyrant!

作者: yearshappy 时间: 20-7-2014 19:28

Act Four

S1
The witches put all the ingredients into a bubbling cauldron to make the charm.
Macbeth comes to demand the witches and appraritions to foretell him of his future.
The messengers brought the news to Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England.

Let's see what will happen to the prophets of the apparitions on Macbeth in this scene.
- 'Nobday born from a woman will ever harm Macbeth.'
- 'Macbeth will never be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to fight him at Dunsinane Hill.'

S2
Ross considers Macduff of a noble, wise and judicious man who understands what the times require. Things in Scotland have to stop.
Lady Macduff blames her running away husband lacking the natural insitnct to protect his family.
Ross says to her to pull herself together in the absence of her husband.
The son of Macduff, a little boy, is killed by the murderer while the Lady crying out is off the stage.

S3
Malcolm is now prudent and testing if Macduff is a trustworthy and honourable man.
Doctor talks King Edward's healing touch is a miracle ----- indicates so called Great Plague hitting the entire England in 1665 caused by rates?
Macduff is told that his wife, children and servants were all slaughtered.
Malcolm encourages the grievous man to turn his anger to sharpen his sword.
Macduff can't wait to face to face with Macbeth.

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Act 5

S1
In this scene we see a doctor and the 'gentlewoman' of Lady Macbeth discussing her illness.
They watch as she sleep walks and talks, admitting her involvement in the recent murders.
'I still have the smell of blood on my hand,' rubbing her hands 'Come out, damned spot! Out! I command you!' - deranged minds & guilty of conscience
The doctor feels he has no skills to help her with this problem.

S2
This is a short scene showing the soldiers marching to Birnam Wood.
They see Macbeth as a midget trying to wear the robes of a giant.
They are going to pour their blood out to water the royal flower who truly deserve it.
They plan to meet there with others and then attack Macbeth's castle at Dunsinane.

S3
Macbeth is in his castle. He's feeling anxious but is still confident because of the witches' comments about Birnam Wood and 'no man born of woman'.
He is then told of his wife's strange behaviour but he does not seem greatly concerned about this either.
He knows people honor him only with their words but not in their hearts. He knows the thanes are running away from him.

S4
Malcolm talks with some soldiers, making a plan to take branches from Birnam Wood to camouflage themselves and move forward with the attack on Dunsinane.

S5
Macbeth is preparing for the battle when he's told that his wife has killed herself. (By now Lady Macbeth 's life is nothing more than an illusion.
His reaction indicates that he too has been driven mad by the stress of what they have done.
He is then informed by a messeger that Birnam Wood is moving toward his castle.
This makes him become even more distressed.

S6
Malcolm and Macduff plan to begin the attack on Macbeth's castle.
Siward, Malcolm's uncle, and his son will lead the first battle.

S7
a battle scene - Macbeth is shown fighting with young Siward who he kills.
He then exits and Macduff enters and declares he hopes that it will be him who can kill Macbeth.

S8
Macduff finds Macbeth and they fight.
Macbeth tells Macduff to give in as he cannot be killed by a man 'born from a woman' and he's then told Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped - Macduff was cut out of his mother's womb before she could bear him naturally.
They continue fighting offstage while Malcolm and the others come into the scene.
They are discussing the loss of life when Macduff re-enters carrying Macbeth's head.
Malcolm is announced the new King of Scoltland.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 29-7-2014 14:20

the real Macbeth MacFindlaech

King, Millitary leader ( c. 1005 - 1057 )

The real Macbeth was not the murderous, terrible character of William Shakespeare's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'.
He was born in central Scotland around 1005 - the same year that his grandfather became King.
The both families of his parents were noblemen.
Historians describe the young Macbeth as tall, fair haried and hansome with a ruddy complexion.

At the age of 7, Macbeth was sent to a Christian monastery to be educated.
At age of 15, his cousins, Malcolm and the other, killed his father.
When Malcolm II died of natural causes, his son, Duncan, was elected king.
On 14 th August, 1040, Macbeth defeated Duncan's army, killing him in the process. He made his forces to Scone, the Scottish capital. At age of 35, he was crowned king of Scotland. He ruled the country for more than one decates and died in a battlefield.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 29-7-2014 14:49
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简析

与《奥赛罗》对比
Macbeth 是最短的莎士比亚悲剧，从刚刚读到的史料看，确有其人，不过故事情节是创作的。
剧作中加进了女巫因素，主人公的悲剧是建立在女巫预言之上的
其中的人物做坏之后的自我愧疚而形成的不眠，梦游梦语，迷幻景，幽灵再现，今时今日依然可理解
同为坏人的角色，在人物心理刻画上没有奥赛罗中的 Iago 细腻精彩而合理，
Macbeth 在遇女巫前的动机不明，之后是临场的胆怯，后来的是一不做二不休，完全为女巫预言而生死
女性人物角色也比奥赛罗逊色不少，唯一值得提的是Lady Macbeth，由丈夫的信起生恶念，蛊惑其夫谋杀国王；没有心理变化的痕迹，突然间就梦游而疯而自杀。

故事情节精彩，不过有了奥赛罗在先，人物心理刻画似乎细腻不够，也许篇幅短的缘故

语言的运用
语言的运用精彩至极，即使我这个第二语言者，也可欣赏一番
-- 其词汇的把握，我是丝毫没有任何发言能力的，丝毫不了解那个年代的语言
-- 不过诗韵却是人人可以看到的，莎士比亚不愧为诗人，也因此明白了为什么那么现代人依然迷恋莎士语言，还要大声读出来
   例子：。用了好多alliteration , line 108 - silver skin .., line 109 - looked like...  line 120 - strong sorrrow , 读起来中文说‘琅琅上口’
            。除了头韵外，句尾韵在女巫口中更是比比皆是，也许女巫台词不受情节限制？ line 8-9 sail and tail; line 15-16 blow and know; line 22-23 nine and pine
            。排比句，尤其是女巫的咏唱，估计是为供当时贵族的娱乐

女巫是简单的预言还是恶坏的指使？
-- 个人以为是恶坏的化身，证据是第一场三幕中，第4，5句台词及以后都是第一女巫讲述她的恶劣行径  -  只因渔妇不给她栗子, 她就要恶咒渔妇的远洋丈夫，不仅要忍受常人难忍的81天，还要他最终亡身。
-- 从莎士比亚对女巫的丑恶嘴脸的表述，不像人，不知是什么动物？
-- 莎士比亚通过很多人物角色之口说出，女巫只是玩文字游戏，只告诉你片面的一面，不会告诉你全部。看来那个年代的莎士是在劝告：不要相信巫言巫语。

作者: yearshappy 时间: 6-9-2014 13:53
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A Midsummer Night's Dream             仲夏夜之梦    -------------- online reading

The video below could help in pronounciation of the names.
[youtube]M1wMfOwlAZ8#t=55[/youtube]

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/msnd/  links to the play scripts for online reading
five Acts in total

Characters
There are three distinct groups of characters in the play whose lives become interwined as a result of the madness of this midsummer night.

Athenian upper class group
Theseus - Duke of Athens. He projects confidence, authority and benevolent power.
Hippolyta - Amazon's queen conquered by Theseus who is going to marry her.

Philostrate - Theseus' master of revels
Egeus - a nobleman and the father of Hermia.  Wish to control his daughter.

Hermia - the daughter of Egeus, a beautifull young woman who falls in love with Lysander. She is strong-willed and independent.
Lysander - A young nobleman conquering all obstacles to marry the woman he loves
Demetrius - A young nobleman fell for Helena before. He is now pursuing Hermia who does not want him.
Helena - A young woman in love with Demetrius, a childhood friend of Hermia.
These four tormented lovers were given classical Greek names which Shakespeare used for atmosphere.

Athenian working class group

Peter Quince - a carpenter and director of a short play to be presented at Theseus' wedding.
Nick Bottom - a weaver chosen to play the lead character of Pyramus in the play
Francis Flute - a young bellows mender cast reluctantly in the part of Thisbe, a female role
Tom Snout - a tinker (fixer of pots and pans) who will play a Wall
Snug - a joiner, cabinet maker who will play Lion
Robin Starvelling - a tailor who will portray Moonshine

The Fairies of the Forest

Oberon - King of the fairies. He sends the puck to put the love-option flower jucie on wrong people's eyelids that creates so much of confusion and farce.
Titania - Queen of the fairies.
Robin Goodfellow - puck, mischievous fairy
Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, Cobweb and Moth - Titania's fairy attendants

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Scene Summaries

Act 1

Scene 1
Theseus has just returned to Athens with Hippolyta and is planning their wedding.
Egeus is complaining about his daughter Hermia whose heart has been casted by the magic spell from Lysander.
(fathers' right by law - She belongs to me. I can do what I want with her - as the law says: I can either make her marry Demetrius, or have her killed.)Thesus is back the father up to against the young woman. - again obedient women!
Hermia speaks up her mind to all that she'd rather die than marry someone she doesn't love.
Lysander is as noble and rich as Demetrius, truely love Hermia. This man is the one Hermia chose to love.

Hermia gives her word to Lysander that she will meet him in the forest tomorrow night to sneak out of Athen.
Helena is going to tell the lovers' plan to Demetrius.

Quote from Lysander 'Books say True love always faces obstacles.'
Quote from Hermia 'O hell, to choose love by another's eyes!'
Quotes from Helena 'When we are in love, we don't see with our eyes but with our mind. THAT's why Cupid, the god of love, always show him as blind. And love doesn't have good judgement either. That's why love is a child because it makes such bad choices.'

Scene 2
Workmen decide to put on a play for the wedding feast and they are told to secretly rehearse in the forest.

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Act 2

Scene 1
The fairies who live in the forest are planning a midnight ritual for their queen Titania. (Fairy's lines rhyme and funny)
Oberon, the Fairy King and Titania, the Fairy Queen both are arguing over another.
He plans to teach her a lesson and tells his sidekick hobgoblin, Puck, to put a love potion spell on her to make her fall in love with a living creature she saw first when she wakes up.
-- Husbands are supposed to be faithful to their wives. Theseus has cheated on many of his girlfrends.

Demetrius says to his follower in the clearest terms 'I don't love you, Helena. Leave me alone. '
Oberon asks Robin for a magic plant/flower.

Quotes from Helena 'Your behavior is an insult to all women. We cannot fight for love as men can. WE should be pursued and courted. WE weren't made to do the pursuing. '

Scene 2
Fairies are singing in rhyme
Oberon squeezes flower juice on Titania's eyelids.
Lysander and Hermia got lost in woods so they decide to take a rest.
Robin mistakes Lysander by puting flower juice on his eyelids. The first person that LySANDER wakes up to see is Helena. As a result he now loves Helena not Hermia by the magic charm on him.
Hermia has a terible dream about her lover, Lysander.
Quote from Hermia 'Sleep a little farther away so we can behave properly. It's only proper for a well-behaved bachelor and a well-behaved girl to be physically separeated like this.'

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Act 3

Scene 1
The clowns are having a rehearse at the clearing of the woods. They figure out that all killings have to be told in a prologue before the play so to avoid trembling the female audience with fear.
Robin enters along with Bottom who has a donkey's head instead of a human one, scaring all clowns off.
Titania wakes up only to see the first person in her sight, Bottom. She loves him by the magic juice. Titania'll turn Bottom into a spirit so he won't die as humans do.

(lines with information regarding flowers and veggies)

Scene 2
Hermia accuse Demetrius of killing her lover while Oberon realises that Robin has mistaken someone truely in love.
Oberon therefore puts the flower juice on Demetrius's eyelids.
Now the two men dumps Hermia and show their love to Helena who mistakes this as an insult. The two women have a row as well.
Oberon gives Robin the new love potion to make things right.

作者: yearshappy 时间: 7-9-2014 11:26
Act 4

Scene 1
Bottom with his donkey head enjoys the sweet love from Titania and is taken care by servants.
Oberon calls the puck for taking the transformed head off Bottom and he himself releases the fairy queen from the spell, so that all of them will only remember the events of tonight as a very unpleasant dream when they wake up.
Oberon gains Titania back and both are dancing together. He told her that the world gets order back and they will travel across the globe to where it's still night.
While hunting with their musical pack of dogs Theseus and Hippolyta see the four young people asleep on the ground.
Thought the four are still confused what had happened to them they unfold the truth to Theseus who makes up his mind to have the two couple married together with his wedding.

Bottom is awake with a touch memory of a weird dream that nobody can even describe it. He'll let others to write it down given the name of 'Bottom's Dream' because it's so deep that it has no bottom.

Quotes from Titania 'Oh, how I love thee! How I dote on thee!' thinking of the queen crazy about the man with a donkey head , saying 'oh how i love you! i'm mad about you!'

Scene 2
The actors long for Bottom who shows up shortly and urges them ready for the performance.
Quote from Bottom 'And most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.'

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Act 5

Scene 1
In this scene we got two views of how to think of the strange things. Theseus says 'they are lunatics.'
Hippolyta responds 'but the fact that they all saw and heard exactly the same things, make me think there's more going on here than imaginary fantasies. Their story is bizarre and astounding, but it's solid and consistent.'

the manner issues spoken by Theseus (5. 1. 85-100)

educated upper class vs illiterate workmen
Qince is delivering the prologue while Theseus and Hippolyta make comments on the man's poor punctuation. (no need to have an epilogue says Theseus)
It's not enough to speak; you have to speak grammatically. (5. 1. 115)

Perfermance given to entertain the upper class - the workmen are called ass

Quotes
He is as brave as a fox and as wise as a goose. (fox implys wise to Chinese) (5.1.220)

作者: mason00 时间: 7-9-2014 15:40
这个不错啊，沙翁的作品比较难读吧，我看几页觉得古英语太多。其实沙翁算是改革英语的重要作家，很多现代英语用法都是他奠定的基础，可是现代人去看，还是觉得比较古老难懂

作者: yearshappy 时间: 7-9-2014 16:32
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 7-9-2014 16:49 编辑

mason00 发表于 7-9-2014 15:40
这个不错啊，沙翁的作品比较难读吧，我看几页觉得古英语太多。其实沙翁算是改革英语的重要作家，很多现代英 ...

No Fear 系列比一般的文学作品都简单，是用现代简单英语页对页，行对行翻译的
此帖中的前几部，因为工作需要是两种语言（莎士和现代）都读过的
最后一部《仲夏夜之梦》和以后的都会主要读现代英语，属于快读了解文化和剧本内容为主

作者: yearshappy 时间: 7-9-2014 16:55
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 10-9-2014 09:50 编辑

Shakespeare's language
He was a master of antitheses form of rhetoric by placing words with opposite meanings close together.
'Tis no jest
That I do HATE thee AND LOVE HEL-en-A.'
Reading aloud like this slows you down a little to say three stressed syllables in a row, while might help get the point across to Hermia.
Another example
'And are you grown so HIGH in his esteem
Because I am so DWARFISH AND so LOW?

Popular quotations from A Midsummer Night's Dream

'Ay me, for aught that i could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth ... '
Lysander says this to his true love, Hermia, when she is depressed about her father's demands that she marry another man, and that he'll have her put to death if she doesn't obey him.
These lines begin the play's exploration of the theme of love's difficulties and foretells what they will very soon face when they escape into the woods.

'Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. '
Helena says this when she moans over the fact that Demetrius doesn't love her but loves Hermia instead. She believes that to someone in love even ugliness and bad behaviour can seem atractive because love doesn't depend on the appearance of a person but on the perception of the person in love. This is another way of stating one of the themes of the play as demonstrated later when Titania falls for the ass-headed Bottom. (ass aka donkey)

'I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream
past the wit of man to say what dream it was.
The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste,
his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was. '
Bottom makes this ridiculour speech after his adventure with Titania. This speech furthers the dream theme of the play in that things are not as they are seen or stated.

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作者: yearshappy 时间: 10-9-2014 09:55
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 29-11-2018 22:30 编辑

推荐此剧

A Midsummer Night's Dream 仲夏夜之梦

给小学中上/初中的孩子们，不是指莎士原文，而是 No Fear 系列
甚至可以是给小小孩子的，父母为其读的那种 bedtime story

原因如下：
一：
这部喜剧，与前几部悲剧写作领域截然不同。
悲剧所涉及的都是人类的心理和行为，而这部剧涉及大量自然的描述，森林，植物，花等
还有就是精灵小妖，对孩子来讲，充满想象力
二：
No Fear 系列，语言及其现代而且简单，无论对孩子和移民父母来说，利于了解口语表达，以改变日常交流中使用书面语言的弊端
三：
澳大利亚中学教育大纲，很多州，莎士比亚剧作是其必有的， 10年级，11， 12年级都要学
很多孩子对此有顾虑，从小培养，打消顾虑，必然利于以后的学习
四：
剧本不长

作者: yearshappy 时间: 29-11-2018 21:46
本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 29-11-2018 23:35 编辑

Henry V (in Shakespeare's language, 1989 movie)

Was he an incredible speaker in real life? Did Shakespeare make him so ?

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