威尼斯商人 英语版.ppt

《威尼斯商人》(英文:The Merchant of Venice)又名《威尼斯的犹太人》是莎士比亚的喜剧作品。可能写于1596年至1598年,出版于1600年,首演于1598年。而它也是最早在中国演出的莎剧(1913年)。
①English poet、playwriter、dramatist.
②tragedies edies and histories
About auther
William Shakespear
莎士比亚(英国)
1564—1616年
简介:
The Merchant of Venice is the important early works of Shakespeare,is edy with a great satirical 。It’s about to make in 1596 ~ 1597
《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚早期的重要作品,是一部具有极大讽刺性的喜剧。大约作于1596~1597年。
Play praises of love, friendship and love, but also reflects the mercial capitalism, the contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the usurer, the performance of the author of bourgeois society, money, legal and religious issues of Humanism. This plays an important literary achievement, the mercenary is shaped Shylock, the typical image of a ruthless loan shark.
剧本歌颂仁爱、友谊和爱情,同时也反映了资本主义早期商业资产阶级与高利贷者之间的矛盾,表现了作者对资产阶级社会中金钱、法律和宗教等问题的人文主义思想。这部剧作的一个重要文学成就,就是塑造了夏洛克这一惟利是图、冷酷无情的高利贷者的典型形象。
The main characters
Main characters:
Antonio – a merchant of Venice
Bassanio – Antonio‘s friend; suitor(求婚者) to Portia
Portia – a rich heiress
Shylock – a rich Jew, moneylender, father of Jessica
Jessica – daughter of Shylock, Lorenzo's girlfriend
Lorenzo – friend of Antonio and Bassanio, in love with Jessica
Nerissa – Portia's waiting maid- in love with Gratiano
Gratiano- Bassanio and Antonio‘s friend
plot
In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont (贝尔蒙特,美国)and propose the gorgeous Portia
Antonio has invested all his money in his ships and borrows from the usurer Shylock, who proposes an unusual bond: if Antonio does not pay the money without any interest three months later, he might receive one pound of his flesh instead, at his choice.
When Shylock’s daughter Jessica runaway from home with all his money and jewels, he es furious(狂怒的). Meanwhile, the load of Antonio sinks with three different vessels(船只) and he is not able to pay his debts with Shylock, and the Jew goes to court of Venic