Some pour scorn upon me thinking I am extremely mad, however, as for me, I somewhat laugh at them for few of them are able to understand me, indeed. This is a classic soliloquy of a well-known comedian called Zhou Xingchi in his drama of “the Story of Tang Bohu and Qiuxiang, (Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang).” And the original utterance refers to ''people thought I was mad. But I know there are things they do not know. (Bie ren xiao wo tai feng dian, wo xiao bie ren kan bu chuan.)'' Such two brief sentences imply a fact that what really lies behind an implicit madness, to some extent, could hardly be made out.
Indeed, there is no exception to the works of William Shakespeare. He was a giant in the period of Renaissance in Europe, and the most famous playwright in the
history of drama art in the world. Throughout his life full of legends, he本
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英语论文网www.51lunwen.org整理提供 created a great number of astonishing classic literary works. According to the chronological order ,Shakespeare 's career as a dramatist may be divided into four major phases which represent respectively his early ,mature ,flourishing, and late periods so that scholars are able to discern a process of development in his work. The first period of Shakespeare's dramatic composition (1590-1594) was the period of his apprenticeship in play-writing, during which he, as a newcomer to London, made experiments in a number of dramatic forms: the historical play, varieties of comedy, the revenge tragedy, and the romantic tragedy. (刘炳善,1992:68)During these years ,he also wrote 2 narrative poems ,and his historical play "HenryVI " in three parts which represented the history of the Wars of the Roses on the stage marked his first theatrical success. The second period of Shakespeare’s work was his mature period (1595-1600), mainly a period of "great comedies" and mature historical plays. It included 6 comedies, 5 historical plays and a Roman tragedy. His "Sonnets" were also thought to be written in this period. Shakespeare made an advance in every way on the basis of the achievements of the first period, in knowledge, in wisdom, in political insight, in dramatic skill, in creative power, in characterization, and in versification. The third period (1601-1607) of Shakespeare's dramatic career was mainly the period of “great tragedies" and "dark comedies”. It included three comedies : Troilus and Cressida , All's Well That Ends Well , Measure for Measure; two Roman tragedies : Antony and Cleopatra , Coriolanus ; and five tragedies: Hamlet , Othello , King Lear ,Macbeth ,Timon of Athens. In this period, the tragic note is aggravated. The sunshine and laughter of the second period has faded away and turned into clouds and storms. The cause of such a change should be sought from Shakespeare’s change of moods as influenced by the social upheavals at the turn of the century. The fourth period of Shakespeare's work was the period of romantic drama. With this period we turned from the storm, the gloom, and the whirlwind of the third period when the greatest four tragedies were born, including Hamlet and King Lear and so forth, to a great peacefulness of light, and a harmony of earth and heaven. Just in 1601, the third period of Shakespeare’s work, the origin of madness in his works came to make its first appearance and welcomed the prelude of tragedies. Admittedly, Hamlet stood up, first of all, and made the turning point apparent .Hamlet was accomplished in such a social circumstance when England was ill
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