1、Theme 1. Its theme is to extol kindness, friendship and love. 2. It is the mirror of the contradiction between the business bourgeois and the usurer at the beginning of the capitalist society. 3. It is also expressed the authors humanistic ideas on money, law and religion in this society.V. Features

2、 of Shakespeares Worksn1. Shakespeare is a realist. He is one of the founders of realism in English literature. His plays are mirrors of his age, reflecting the major contradictions of that time. nShakespeare represented the trend of history in giving voice to the desires and aspirations of people.V

3、. Features of Shakespeares Worksn2. Shakespeares humanism: More important than his historical sense of his time, Shakespeare in his plays reflects the spirit of his age.V. Features of Shakespeares Worksn3. Shakespeares originality: His plays are original because he instilled into the old materials a

4、 new spirit that gives new life to his plays. V. Features of Shakespeares Worksn4. Shakespeare is most successful in his characterization. The characters are “round”, in the sense that they have many aspects and dimensions. In his characters, vice and virtue commingle and that is true of the common

5、sense of humanity. V. Features of Shakespeares Works5. a great master of English languagen1) The language of each of his characters fits his position in society and reveals the peculiarities of his character. n2) He commanded a vocabulary larger than any other English writer and also created a lot o

6、f new words and expressions( 15,000).n（這部分內(nèi)容可以按照書本上的答案回答）（這部分內(nèi)容可以按照書本上的答案回答）V. Features of Shakespeares Worksn6. Shakespeare is also a great poet. He was skilled in many poetic forms. Apart from his sonnets and long poems, his dramas are poetry. They are rich in images, conceit, metaphors and symbol

7、s.Sonnet 29 nWhen, in disgrace with Fortune and mens eyesnI all alone beweep my outcast state,nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,nAnd look upon myself and curse my fate,nWishing me like to one more rich in hope,nFeatures like him, like him with friends possessed,nDesiring this mans art and that mans scope,nWith what I most enjoy contented least;Sonnet 29 nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising,nHaply I think on thee and then my state,nLike to the lark at break of day arisingnFrom sullen earth, sing