仲夏夜之梦英文PPT

PresentedbyJollyTan*Background*Author*MainCharacters*RoleRelationship*Analysis*PlotSummary*MyViewsAMidsummerNight‘sDream(仲夏夜之梦)isaromanticcomedybyWilliamShakespearewrittensometimeinthe1590s.ItportraystheadventuresoffouryoungAthenian[ə'θi:njən]loversandagroupofamateuractorsinamoonlitforest,andtheirinteractions(互相交流)withthefairieswhoinhabititandDuke(公爵)[dju:k,du:k]oftheAthenians.TheplayisoneofShakespeare'smostpopularandiswidelyperformedacrosstheworld.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)wasanEnglishpoetandplaywright（剧作家）,widelyregardedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageandtheworld‘spre-eminent['eminənt]（杰出的）dramatist.HeisoftencalledEngland‘snationalpoetandthe“Bard(吟游诗人）ofAvon（埃文河，英国西南部一河）.Hissurvivingworks,includingsomecollaborations（协作）[kə,læbə'reiʃən],consistofabout38plays,154sonnets,twolongnarrative（叙述）poems,andseveralotherpoems.Hisplayshavebeentranslatedintoeverymajorlivinglanguageandareperformedmoreoftenthanthoseofanyotherplaywrights.Between1585and1592,hebeganasuccessfulcareerinLondonasanactor,writer,andpartownerofaplayingcompanycalledtheLordChamberlain's['tʃeimbəlin]Men,laterknownastheKing'sMen.HeappearstohaveretiredtoStratford['strætfəd]around1613,wherehediedthreeyearslater.LysanderHermiaHelenaDemetriusHermia’sfatherOberonPuckTitaniaHerfatherEgeusHermiaLysanderHelenaDemetriusPuckOberonTitaniaHermiaHelenaLysanderDemetriusGoodfriendHermia’sfatherwantedherdaughtermarriedDemetriusbutnotLysander.Infact,HermiareallylovedLysander.Forshecouldnotrefuseherfather’srequest,shedecidedtoescapethroughtheforestatnightwithhertruelovetoanothercountry.AndtheytoldtheirplantoHelena,wholovedDemetrius.ButDemetriusdidn’tloveheratall.Eachmaid[meid]ofAthens['æθinz]waseagertogetmarried.Marriageandmotherhood(beingamother)weretheirmainambitionintheirlife.However,accordingtoAthenianlaw,theydidn’thaverightstochoosetheirhusbandandcontroltheirmarriage.Theirfathercoulddothatforthem.Andtheirbrothercoulddothat,iftheirfatherwasdead.Ifawomandidn’tobeythelaw,shewouldbepunished.HelenatoldtheHermia’splantoDemetriuswholovedHermia.ShethoughtDemetriuswouldpursueHermiaintheforestatnight.MeanwhileintheforesttherewereOberonandTitania——TheKingandQueenoffairies,whowerearguingwitheachother.BecausetheOberonwantedtogetthechildwhobelongedtoTitania.HealsowantedtousetheflowertohelpHelena,afterhearingthedialoguebetweenHelenaandDemetrius.SoheletPuckdippedtheflower‘sjuiceonDemetrius’eyes.ThenDemetriuslovedHelena.SoheletPuckfindamagicflowerwhichcouldmakeapersonfallinloveatthefirstsightaftersleeping.HewantedtousetheflowertomakeTitaniafallinlovewithsomeone.Sohecouldgetthechild.ButPuckmadeamistake,whichhedippedtheflower’sjuiceonLysander’seyessothatLysanderfellinlovewithHelena.HelenafeltsoangrywhensheknewLysanderlovedher.第三幕嬉曲。下一幕Afterrealizingthemistake,OberonletPuckfindHelena.Intheend,LysanderlovedHermiaagain,andDemetriuslovedHelena.Oberondippedtheflower’sjuiceonDemetrius‘seyes.ThenbothofLysanderandDemetriusfellinlovewithHelena.AllthethingsmadeHelenaangryandsurprised.AndHermiafeltsosad.SoOberonandPuckusedtheirmagicpowertohelpthefouryoungpeople.AndOberonmadeTitaniareturntowhatshewas.Theymadepeace.Themostmagicdream,however,themostbeautiful,butlove.Justasinlife,loveisatragedyandcomedy,thehaphazard（偶遇）ofdreamandemotion.Althoughthe“nobility[nəu'biləti]（贵族）ofpublicentertainmentintheQueendrama,”butalsoletpeopleseetheworld‘somnipresent（无处不在的）love——boundless（无限的）,weshouldthanksShakespeareforsuchabeautifulendingtoit,letusknow,lovewillbeendless,lovewillbeunwavering（坚定的）,tenacity[ti'næsiti,tə-]（不屈不饶的）,lovewillbeeternal[i'tə:nəl]（不朽的）.