When,inDisgracewithFortuneandMen'sEyesWilliamShakespeareWilliamShakespeare1564-1616 In1582,marriedAnneHathaway,8yearshissenior. Themarriagewasprecipitated(促成)byherpregnancyandcriticsbelievetheirunionwasnotespeciallyhappy. Thecouplehadthreechildren,twodaughtersandason,Hamnet. Hamnetdiedattheageof11in1596–ataroundthetimethatShakespearewrotethetragedy,Hamlet. 1585-1592:Shakespeare’s‘lostyears’. SomecriticssayhewasforcedtoleaveStratfordforLondonbecausehewascaughtpoaching.Hisgravestonereads:GoodfriendforJesussakeforbearTodigthedustenclosedhere!Blestbethemanthatsparesthesestones,AndcurstbehethatmovesmybonesShakespearewasburiedonApril25,1616,inHolyTrinityChurch,Stratford,wherehehadbeenbaptizedjustover52yearsearlier.ImpactThoughnothighlyeducated,hehadawiderrangeofreferenceandallusion,themeandcontent,thananyofhiscontemporaries(e.g.,Marlowe,Kid,etc.)IntroducedmanynewwordsintotheEnglishlanguageWrote:-37plays-154Sonnets-SeveralLongerpoemsSHAKESPEAREPLAYS HistoricPlays:HenryIV,RichardIIandIIIetc. Tragedies:Othello,Hamlet,Macbeth,KingLear,etc. Comedies:12thNight,AMidsummerNight’sDream,TheMerchantofVenice,AsYouLikeIt,etc. Tragicomedies:All’sWellThatEndsWell,AWinter’sTale,etc. Shakespeare'ssonnets,orsimplyTheSonnets,isacollectionofpoemsinsonnetformwrittenbyWilliamShakespearethatdealwithsuchthemesaslove,beauty,politics,andmortality.Theywereprobablywrittenoveraperiodofseveralyears.Sonnet十四行诗 Asonnetisafourteen-linepoeminiambicpentameterwithacarefullypatternedrhymescheme. ThesonnetisoneofthepoeticformsthatcanbefoundinlyricpoetryfromEurope. AShakespearean,orEnglishsonnetconsistsof14lines,eachlinecontainstensyllables,andeachlineiswritteniniambicpentameterinwhichapatternofanon-emphasizedsyllablefollowedbyanemphasizedsyllableisrepeatedfivetimes.TherhymeschemeinaShakespeareansonnetisABABCDCDEFEFGGinwhichthelasttwolinesarearhymingcouplet. Thefirst17sonnetsarewrittentoayoungman,urginghimtomarryandhavechildren,therebypassingdownhisbeautytothenextgeneration.Thesearecalledtheprocreationsonnets.Mostofthem,however,18-126,areaddressedtoayoungmanexpressingthepoet‘sloveforhim.Sonnets127-152arewrittentothepoet’smistress,adarklady,expressinghisstrongloveforher.Thefinaltwosonnets,153-154,areallegorical.TheSonnet ComesfromtheItalianwordsonetto‘littlesong’. Itisalyricpoemof14linesiniambicpentameter,restrictedtoadefiniterhymescheme. Traditionalsubjectsincludeloveandfaith.WilliamShakespearewrote154sonnets.thefirst126ShakespeareansonnetstoahandsomeyoungmanThelatterShakespeareansonnetsareaddressedtoa'darklady'ofillreputeSonnet29byW.ShakespeareShakespearewrotealtogether154sonnetswhichhavenotitlesbutarenumbered.Thisoneisthe29th.baozi(b)baozi(b)baozi(b)baozi(b)Background1.In1592,theLondontheatresclosedduetoasevereoutbreakoftheplague(瘟疫).TheclosingoftheplayhousesmadeithardforShakespeareandotheractorsofthedaytoearnaliving.2.Moreover,in1592therecameascathing(苛刻的,严厉的)attackonShakespearebydramatistRobertGreene,whowrotesomethinginadeathbeddiaryassaultingShakespeare.Shakespearewasdeeplydisturbedbythisassault. Whenindisgracewithfortuneandmen'seyes, Iallalonebeweepmyoutcaststate, AndtroubledeafHeavenwithmybootlesscries, Andlookuponmyself,andcursemyfate, Wishingmeliketoonemorerichinhope, Featuredlikehim,likehimwithfriendspossessed Desiringthisman'sart,andthatman'sscope, WithwhatImostenjoycontentedleast: Yetinthesethoughtsmyselfalmostdespising, HaplyIthinkonthee--andthenmystate, (Liketothelarkatbreakofdayarising Fromsullenearth)singshymnsatheaven'sgate; Forthysweetloveremember'dsuchwealthbrings ThatthenIscorntochangemystatewithkings'.Part1:Describesthepoet’sdesperateconditionPart2:ThepoetgetsmentalcomfortfromhisfriendshipShakespeare’sSonnet29When,indisgracewithfortuneandmen’seyes,Iallalonebeweepmyoutcaststate,outoffavorwithweepoverstateofbeinghomelessandfriendlessWhenI’mindisgracewitheveryoneandmyluckhasdesertedme,IsitallaloneandcryaboutthefactthatI’manoutcast,*Shakespeare’sSonnet29andbotherGodwithuselesscries,whichfallondeafears,andlookatmyselfandcursemyfate,Andtroubledeafheavenwithmybootlesscries,Andlookuponmyself,andcursemyfate,futile;producingnoresultShakespeare’sSonnet29Wishingmeliketoonemorerichinhope,Featuredlikehim,likehimwithfriendspossessed,likesomeonewithdistinctfeatures(容貌)havingfriendswishingthatIhadmoretohopefor,wishingIhadthisman’sgoodlooksandthatman’sfriends,Shakespeare’sSonnet29Desiringthisman’sartandthatman’sscope,WithwhatImostenjoycontentedleast;skillwiderangeofknowledgeLeastcontentedwithwhatImostenjoysatisfiedthisman’sskillsandthatman’sopportunities,andtotallydissatisfiedwiththethingsIusuallyenjoythemost.Shakespeare’sSonnet29Yetinthesethoughtsmyselfalmostdespising,HaplyIthinkonthee—andthenmystate,feelcontemptforsb.fortunately,luckily,bychancestateofmindYet,asI’mthinkingthesethoughtsandalmosthatingmyself,Ihappentothinkaboutyou,andthenmyconditionimproves--Shakespeare’sSonnet29ForthysweetloverememberedsuchwealthbringsThatthenIscorntochangemystatewithkings.chairofstate,throneshowstrongcontemptForwhenIrememberyoursweetlove,IfeelsowealthythatI’drefusetochangeplacesevenwithkings.Shakespeare’sSonnet29LiketothelarkatbreakofdayarisingFromsullenearth,singshymnsatheaven’sgate;darkandgloomy;miserablesongofpraise(mymoodis)improves—likealarkatdaybreakrisingupandleavingtheearthfarbehindtosinghymnstoGod.Mainidea Thefirstportionofthepoemtellshowthenarratorisfeeling. Inthemiddleofthesonnet,thenarratorunleasheshisenviousfeelingstowardsothermen.Heexpresseshisdesiretopossessothers’riches,looks,friends,skillsandopportunities. Thenarratorthenexpresseshowhehappenstothinkofhisdearfriend,andthentohisownstateorpositioninlifeatthecurrenttime. Hepresentsamanwhoisconsumedwithself-pityandjealousy,yetfindsgratitudewhenthinkingabouthisdearfriend.Figureofspeech Personification人格化,拟人化3.deaf—heaven Simile明喻11.likethelarkatbreakofdayarisingthepoet------moodlark”---Thefeelingofjoy,justlikethebirdsjump. Couplet对句,对联13.Forthysweetloveremember'dsuchwealthbrings,14.ThatthenIscorntochangemystatewithkings. 反义词语的对照使用1.indisgracewithforfortune.8.withwhatImostenjoycon-tentedleast Theme“ThatthenIscorntochangemystatewithkings”“sweetlove"meansgreatfriendshipandsteadfastlove,whichcansupplyyouwithtremendousencouragementwhenyouareintrouble,andhespeakshighlyofthelove.*ThemessageofSonnet29: Thetruefriendshipissoimportantandindispensablethatitcanmakecompensationforthefailuresanddisappointmentsinone’slife.**