英美文学选读考前总复习[1]

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1、一.WhatisthethemeofBeowulf?Thematicallythepoempresentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.二.WilliamShakespeare（i

2、）Namehisfourgreatesttragedies.（2）Whatarethecharacteristicsofthefourtragediesincommon?(3)Brieflysummarizeeachhero’sweaknessofnature.1.Shakespeare’sfourgreatesttragediesare:Hamlet,Othello,Kinglear,andMacbeth.2.Eachportrayssomenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofh

3、umanlifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.3.Eachherohashisweaknessofnature;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispower;andMacbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes三.tr

4、ytodiscussWilliamShakespeare‘sartofcreations.1.Shakespeare’smajorcharactersareneithermerelyindividualonesnortypeones;theyareindividualsrepresentingcertaintypes.eachcharacterhashisorherownpersonalities;meanwhile,theymaysharefeatureswithothers.2.Byapplyingaps

5、ycho-analyticalapproach,Shakespearesucceedsinexploringthecharacters’innermind.3.Shakespeareseldominventshisownplots;instead,heborrowsthemfromsomeoldplaysorstorybooks,orfromancientGreekandRomansources.4.Inhiswritings,disguiseisalsoanimportantdevicetocreatedr

6、amaticirony,usuallywithwomandisguisedasman.5.Heoftenwroteskillfullyindifferentpoeticforms,likethesonnet,theblankverse,andtherhymedcouplet.四.BrieflydiscusswhyHamletissoimpressiveinShakespeare’sHamlet.1.TheheroHamletinShakespesareisplayHamletisnotedforhishesi

7、tiontotakehisrevenge,hismelancholynatureofactiononlytodenypossibilitiestodoanything.2.Hecametoknowthathisfatherwasmurderedbyhisunclewhobecameking.Hehatedhimsodeeplythathewantedtokillhim.Buthelovedhiswidowedmotherwholatermarriedhisuncle.Thismadehimdeepintrou

8、ble.3.Whenheplannedtokillhisuncle,hewasafraidtohurthismother.Andalso,wheneverythingwasreadyforhimtokillhisuncle,heforgavehimforhisunclewasprayingtoGodforhiscrime.Thushelostgoodchance.4.Hamletrepresente