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.ImpactoThoughnothighlyeducated,hehadawiderrangeofreferenceandallusion,themeandcontent,thananyofhiscontemporaries(e.g.,Marlowe,Kid,etc.)oIntroducedmanynewwordsintotheEnglishlanguageoWrote:-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.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.