TheMidsummerNight’sDream(動畫版)仲夏夜之夢

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Born26April1564(birthdateunknown)Died23April1616(aged52)WilliamShakespearewasanEnglishpoetandplaywriter,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld’spre-eminent(卓越)dramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland‘snationalpoet.Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations(合作),consistofabout38plays,154sonnets（十四行詩）,twolongnarrativepoems,andseveralotherpoems.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywrights.BirthplaceofWilliamShakespeareShakespeare'sgrave.WritingcareerBetween1585and1592,hebeganasuccessfulcareerinLondonasanactor,writer.Shakespeareproducedmostofhisknownworkbetween1589and1613.Hisearlyplaysweremainlycomediesandhistories,heraisedtothepeakofsophistication（深度）andartistry（藝術(shù)性）bytheendofthe16thcentury.Hethenwrotemainlytragediesuntilabout1608,includingHamlet,KingLear,Othello,andMacbethHeappearstohaveretiredtoStratfordaround1613,wherehediedthreeyearslater.

Literature《終成眷屬》All'sWellThatEndsWell又譯：如愿《皆大歡喜》AsYouLikeIt《錯中錯》TheComedyofErrors又譯：錯中錯喜劇、錯誤的喜劇《愛的徒勞》Love'sLabour'sLost《一報還一報》MeasureforMeasure又譯：惡有惡報、請君入甕、量罪記、將心比心#《威尼斯商人》TheMerchantofVenice《溫莎的風(fēng)流娘兒們》TheMerryWivesofWindsor《仲夏夜之夢》AMidsummerNight'sDream《無事生非》MuchAdoAboutNothing又譯：捕風(fēng)捉影、無事自擾《泰爾親王佩力克斯》Pericles,PrinceofTyre又譯：沉珠記《馴悍記》TheTamingoftheShrew《暴風(fēng)雨》TheTempest*《第十二夜》TwelfthNightorWhatYouWill又譯：隨你喜歡《維洛那二紳士》TheTwoGentlemenofVerona又譯：兩貴親《兩位貴族親戚》TheTwoNobleKinsmen

Comedy《羅密歐與茱麗葉》RomeoandJuliet《科利奧蘭納斯》Coriolanus《泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯》TitusAndronicus《雅典的泰門》TimonofAthens又譯：黃金夢《凱撒大帝》JuliusCaesar《麥克白》Macbeth《哈姆雷特》Hamlet又譯：王子復(fù)仇記《特洛伊羅斯與克瑞西達(dá)》TroilusandCressida《李爾王》KingLear《奧賽羅》OthelloTragedy《十四行詩》TheSonnets《維納斯和阿多尼斯》VenusandAdonis《魯克麗絲失貞記》TheRapeofLucrece《熱情的朝圣者》ThePassionatePilgrim又譯：激情飄泊者《鳳凰和斑鳩》ThePhoenixandtheTurtle《愛人的怨訴》ALover'sComplaint又譯：情女怨Poem《約翰王》KingJohn《理查二世》RichardII《亨利四世(第一部)》HenryIV,part1《亨利四世(第二部)》HenryIV,part2《亨利五世》HenryV《亨利六世(第一部)》HenryVI,part1《亨利六世(第二部)》HenryVI,part2《亨利六世(第三部)》HenryVI,part3《理查三世》RichardIII《亨利八世》HenryVIIIHistoryAMidsummerNight’sDream

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HermiaLysanderEgeus(father)DemetriusWantedHermiamarryhimGoodfriendTheRelationshipabouttheCharactersMan’sWorld(人間)HelenaHermiaandHelena

TheRelationshipabouttheCharactersFairyland（仙境）

Oberon(King)Titania(Queen)Puck(fairy)ass(蠢驢)HaveacontradictionwitheachotherBelongtoSpecialrelationshipPuck(fairy)

Afterfinishingtherelationshipaboutthecharacters,youmaythesequestions.Whatistherelationshipbetweentheman’swordandthefairyland?Howdidshakespearecombinetheallthecharacterfromthedifferentplaces?WhathappenedbetweentheQueenandtheass?Andwhatisthe“specialrelationship”mean?

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SummaryBackground

TherewasalawinthecityofAthenswhichgavetoitscitizensthepowerofcompellingtheirdaughterstomarrywhomsoevertheypleased;forupononadaughter’srefusingtomarrythemanherfatherhadchosentobeherhusband,thefatherwasempoweredbythislawtocauseherputtodeath.

EgeuscomplainedtodukethathisdaughterHermia,whomhehadcommandedtomarryDemetrius,refusedtoobeyhim,becauseshelovedLysander.Egeuswantedtousethelawtoforcehisdaughter.SoHermiaandLysanderplanedtoescapefromAthenstoanotherplace.Andtheydecidedtomeetinthewood.HermiatoldtheirplantohergoodfriendHelena.AstheresultofloveforDemetrius,HelenatoldhimwhatHermiahadtoldher.DemetriuswantedtostopHermiainthewood,andHelenafollowedhim.Part1

ThewoodinwhichLysanderandHermiaplanedtomeetwasthefairyland.OberonwasthekingandTitaniawasthequeen.Atthesametime,theywerequarrellingaboutalittlechangelingboy.Oberonwantedtohavetheboyashishenchman,butTitaniadidn’tgivehimtoOberon.Inordertogiveheralesson,heaskedhisPucktogetlove-in-idleness(三色堇).Ifyouputtedthejuicefromthelove-in-idlenessonsleepingman’seyelids,themanwouldfellinlovewiththefirstcreatureheorshesaw.

Part2

OberonsawHelenaandDemetriusinthewoodbyaccident,realizingHelenalovedDemetriussomuch,OberonfeltsorryforHelenaandhedecidedtouselovejuicetomakeDemetriusloveHelena.HetoldPuckwhathewantedtodo,butPuckputtedlovejuiceonLysander’seyelidsbecausehethoughtLysanderwasDemetrius.ThefirstpersonLysandersawwasHelena,sohelovedHelena.Atthesametime,lovejuiceputtedonDemetrius’seyelidsandthatmadehimloveHelenabecauseshewasthefirstpersonhesaw.AllthethingsmadeHermiasurprisedandangryevenhavingafightwithHelena.Oberonalsoputtedlovejuicetoqueen’seyelids,andthefirstthinghersawwasanass.Shelovedtheassatonce.

Part3

Afterrealizingthattheyalldidwrong,thekingandPuckdecidedtostopallthings.Puckusedmagictoletthefourhumanssleep,andputlovejuiceontheireyelids.Whentheyopenedtheireyes,LysandersawHermiaandDemetriussawHelena.TheywentbacktotheAthens.BacauseDemetriuslovedHelenaatthattime,Hermia‘sfatherdidn’tforcehertomarryDemetrius.Besides,thefourpeopleholdweddingsonthesameday.OberonremovedthemagicofthelovejuiceonTitaniaandmadepeacewitheachother.Atthatmoment,theyknewthatthyalldidwrong,andtheylivedtogether,hadahappylife.ItisthehappyendinginMidsummerNight’sDream.

Part4MyfeelingabouttheCharactersAnalysisofthecharacters

Hermia---beautiful,brave,kind,honesty.WhenherfatherforcehertomarryDemetrius,shevotedagainstandescapedwithLysander.ShewasveryhonesttoLysander,andshedidnothidehertruehearttoanybodyincludingHelena.

Helena----crazy,eyelessforlove,alittleselfish.ShelovedDemetriussodeeplythatshelostherselfandfollowedhimeverywhere,whichwascrazyandeyeless.WhenDemetriusandLysanderlovedher,sheenjoyeditandleftherfriendHermiaalone.Wecanseesheisalittleselfish.

Lysander----brave.HewantedtoleavethecityforbeingtogetherwithHermia,wecouldseehisloveforherisprofoundandtrue.

Demetrius----playboy,selfish,notagentleman.HeonlywantedtohaveHermiaandherbeauty.WhenHelenafollowedhiminthewood,heevensaidrudewordstoher.Egeus---selfish,rude,cruel.HeforcedHermiaevenwantedthelawtokillher.Hewasnotagoodfather.MyunderstandingabouttheStory

Clue----Therearetwoclue(線索)inthestory:thefourpeople’sloveadventureandtheargumentbetweenthekingandthequeen.Thelovejuicecombinethetwoclue.

Setting----Thewoodinwhichthefairieslivedistheimportantsurroundingstotheplay’sromanticatmosphere.Itmakesthisstorymoremysterious.Besides,itistheplacewhereallthingshappened.

.Title----Inthestory,thewritersaidthattheallthethingshappenedinthemidsummernight.InEngland,therearemanyfairytalesaboutmidsummernight.Sothemidsummernightisfullofmysteriousthings.

Ithinktheauthorputtedthistitleinordertoshowthisstoryisfullofmagicanditisaplayaboutfairytales.Words-----Shakespeareusedhumorouswordstoshowthecharacter.Healsolikedtoputsomeancientsongsinhiscomedies.Wecanseemetaphor(暗喻),simile(明喻)andotherfigureofspeech.Besides,thesentenceswrittenbyhimareverybeautiful.SomefeaturesaboutShakespeare’scomedyUsuallyhavefunnyplot,romanticlovestory,sometimeshavetheconflictswithrelatives.Butintheend,comediesalwayshavehappyending.

ComparingwiththetragedieswrittenbyShakespeare,hiscomediesaremoreinterestingandmoreeasy.Theydon’thavemanycomplicatedrelationshiporsomedeepnormalhumanfeelings(人性).

Extract

Thingsbaseandvile,holdingnoquantity,Lovecantransposetoformanddignity.Lovelooksnotwiththeeyes,butwiththemind,Andthereforeiswing’dCupidpaintedblind.