※The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare
※Prospero is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
※ A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare
※四大悲劇
- Macbeth is considered one of his darkest and most powerful works and it set in Scotland.
2. Othello
This tightly constructed work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish b0ss in the Venetian army; his beloved wife, Desdemona; his loyal lieutenant, Cassio.
3. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others."
4. King Lear
it may be an early draft or simply reflect the first performance text.
※comedy→1. 前面有conflictc,後得到solution 2. to fulfill
a broad category of literary, especially dramatic, works intended primarily to entertain and amuse an audience. Comedies take many different forms, but they share three basic characteristics:
(1) the values that are expressed and that typically cause conflict are determined by the general opinion of society (as opposed to being universal and beyond the control of humankind, as in tragedy)
(2) characters in comedies are often defined primarily in terms of their social identities and roles and tend to be flat or stock characters rather than highly individualized or round ones
(3) comedies conventionally end happily with an act of social reintegration and celebration such as marriage.
※ 四大喜劇 (1. 2. 較不有爭議,其餘的各有不同意見)
The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies
The play ends on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida.
Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare's best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics.
※ Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello.
※ Julius Caesar (play) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.
It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra.
caesarian 剖腹
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※sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?)
abab cdcd ee
※ Tail rhyme (also called end rhyme or rime couée) is a rhyme in the final syllable(s) of a verse (the most common kind).
visual rhyme (eye rhyme / sight rhyme) is a rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently and have come into general use through "poetic license" also known as artistic license.
※iambic pentameter is referring to a metrical form in which each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
The most common poetic meter in English is iambic pentameter—a metrical form in which most lines consist of five iambs V /
alliterationthe
repetition of usually initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words
He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language
※Auld Lang Syne is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns.
It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight.
※ metaphor
sometimes, a general term for almost any figure of speech involving comparison; more commonly, a particular figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared implicitly—that is, without the use of a signal such as the word like or as
for example, " sand of life "
simile
a figure of speech involving a direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as to draw the connection
for example, " My love is like a red, red rose."
※ To Helen is the first of two poems to carry that name written by Edgar Allan Poe.
"the weary wayworn wanderer bore"
※ love potion appears in A Midsummer Night's Dream
※Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus, and is known in Latin also as Amor ("Love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
※ Cupid and Psyche is a story from the Latin novel Metamorphoses
the butterfly is a simbol of her spirit.
※Puck (Robin Goodfellow) is a mischievous nature sprite, demon, or fairy.
※death and sleep
※l'amant is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras.
※ Elizabethan Plays and Playwrights
Facts & information about famous Elizabethan Plays, Playwrights including
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlow
Francis Beaumont
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton & Thomas Kyd
※ Jacobean theatre (English Renaissance theatre) ( Elizabethan theatre )
※ Peter Rabbit is a fictional anthropomorphic character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter.
※ onomatopoeia 擬生詞
Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "miaow" (or "meow"), "roar" or "chirp".
※amendment 憲法增修條文
An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document. It is based on the verb to amend
※illumunate = reveal/ show you indirect way
※wooing (Courtship)
Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind.
● -ant :人
l'amant
fly attandent
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