仲夏夜之夢英文PPT

MidsummerNight’sDreamWilliamPresentedbyJollyTanContent*Background*Author*MainCharacters*RoleRelationship*Analysis*PlotSummary*MyViewsAMidsummerNight‘sDream(仲夏夜之夢)isaromanticcomedybyWilliamShakespearewrittensometimeinthe1590s.ItportraystheadventuresoffouryoungAthenian[?'θi:nj?n]

loversandagroupofamateuractorsinamoonlitforest,andtheirinteractions(互相交流)withthefairieswhoinhabititandDuke(公爵)[dju:k,du:k]oftheAthenians.TheplayisoneofShakespeare'smostpopularandiswidelyperformedacrosstheworld.BackgroundWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright（劇作家）,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld‘spre-eminent['emin?nt]（杰出的）

dramatist.

HeisoftencalledEngland‘snationalpoetandthe“Bard(吟游詩人）ofAvon（埃文河，英國西南部一河）".Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations（協(xié)作）[k?,l?b?'rei??n]

,consistofabout38plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrative（敘述）poems,andseveralotherpoems.

Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywrights.Between1585and1592,hebeganasuccessfulcareerinLondonasanactor,writer,andpartownerofaplayingcompanycalledtheLordChamberlain's['t?eimb?lin]Men,laterknownastheKing'sMen.HeappearstohaveretiredtoStratford['str?tf?d]around1613,wherehediedthreeyearslater.

AuthorLysanderMainHermia

HelenaDemetriusHermia’s

fatherOberonPuck

TitaniaHerfatherEgeusHermiaLysanderHelenaDemetriusPuckOberonTitaniaRoleRelationshipHermia

HelenaLysanderDemetriusGoodfriendAnalysisPlotsummaryHermia’sfatherwantedherdaughtermarriedDemetriusbutnotLysander.Infact,HermiareallylovedLysander.Forshecouldnotrefuse

herfather’srequest,shedecidedtoescapethroughtheforestatnightwithhertruelovetoanothercountry.AndtheytoldtheirplantoHelena,wholovedDemetrius.ButDemetriusdidn’tloveheratall.

ExtensionEachmaid

[meid]ofAthens['?θinz]

waseagertogetmarried.Marriageandmotherhood(beingamother)weretheirmainambitionintheirlife.However,accordingtoAthenianlaw,theydidn’thaverightstochoosetheirhusbandandcontroltheirmarriage.Theirfathercoulddothatforthem.Andtheirbrothercoulddothat,iftheirfatherwasdead.Ifawomandidn’tobeythelaw,shewouldbepunished.ExtensionExtensionExtensionPlotsummaryHelenatoldtheHermia’splantoDemetriuswholoved

Hermia.ShethoughtDemetriuswouldpursueHermiaintheforestatnight.

MeanwhileintheforesttherewereOberonandTitania——TheKingandQueenoffairies,whowerearguingwitheachother.BecausetheOberonwantedtogetthechildwhobelongedtoTitania.Healsowantedto

usetheflowertohelpHelena,afterhearingthedialoguebetweenHelenaandDemetrius.SoheletPuckdippedtheflower‘sjuice

onDemetrius’eyes.ThenDemetriuslovedHelena.

SoheletPuckfindamagicflowerwhichcouldmakeapersonfallinloveatthefirstsightaftersleeping.HewantedtousetheflowertomakeTitaniafallinlovewithsomeone.

Sohecouldgetthechild.PlotsummaryPlotsummaryButPuckmadeamistake,whichhedippedtheflower’sjuiceonLysander’seyessothatLysanderfellinlovewithHelena.HelenafeltsoangrywhensheknewLysanderlovedher.第三幕嬉曲。下一幕Afterrealizingthemistake,OberonletPuckfindHelena.

Plotsummary

Intheend,LysanderlovedHermiaagain,andDemetriuslovedHelena.Oberondippedtheflower’sjuiceonDemetrius‘seyes.ThenbothofLysanderandDemetriusfellinlovewithHelena.AllthethingsmadeHelenaangryandsurprised.AndHermiafeltsosad.SoOberonandPuckusedtheirmagicpowertohelpthefouryoungpeople.AndOberonmadeTitaniareturntowhatshewas.Theymadepeace.MyviewsThemostmagicdream,however,themostbeautiful,butlove.Justasinlife,loveisatragedyandcomedy,thehaphazard（偶遇）ofdreamandemotion.Althoughthe“nobility[n?u'bil?ti]（貴族）ofpublicentertainmentintheQueendrama,”butalsoletpeopleseetheworld‘somnipresent（無處不在的）love——boundless