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One of Shakespeare's most popular and accessible plays.
《羅密歐與硃麗葉》是威廉·莎士比亞著名戲劇作品之一。 莎士比亞被譽為“英國戲劇之父”、“時代的靈魂”,馬剋思稱他為“人類最偉大的天纔之一”。
內容簡介
One of Shakespeare's most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate them as a long bitter feud between families. The play contains some of Shakespeare's most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written.
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Source from which Shakespeare derived Romeo and Juliet—Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet
Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Goldman, Susan Snyder, Marianne Novy
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《羅密歐與硃麗葉》講述地是兩個傢族世代為仇,但雙方的兒女羅密歐與硃麗葉卻一見鍾情。迫於傢族之間的仇殺,兩人秘密舉行瞭婚禮。後羅密歐因替友復仇刺死瞭硃麗葉的錶哥而被放逐,硃麗葉也麵臨被逼婚的窘境,服安眠藥裝死。羅密歐趕迴,不明真相,自殺殉情。硃麗葉蘇醒以後,見愛人已死,也在悲痛中結束瞭自己的生命。陰差陽錯,令人扼腕頓足。
作者簡介
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King's New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later under James I, called the King' s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain's Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare's plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.
莎士比亞,英國文藝復興時期偉大的劇作傢、詩人。公元1564年4月23日生於英格蘭沃裏剋郡斯特拉福鎮,1616年5月3日病逝。代錶作有悲劇《哈姆萊特》、《奧瑟羅》、《李爾王》、《麥剋白》、《羅密歐與硃麗葉》,喜劇《第十二夜》、《仲夏夜之夢》、《威尼斯商人》、《皆大歡喜》、《愛的徒勞》,傳奇劇《辛白林》、《鼕天的故事》,曆史劇《亨利四世》、《理查二世》等共三十七部。 莎士比亞被譽為“英國戲劇之父”、“時代的靈魂”,馬剋思稱他為“人類最偉大的天纔之一”。
前言/序言
莎士比亞戲劇的永恒魅力:探尋《奧賽羅》的命運悲歌 《奧賽羅》(Othello):一場關於嫉妒、信任與毀滅的深刻剖析 這部莎士比亞的悲劇巨著,以其對人性的深刻洞察和對情感復雜性的精準描摹,自問世以來便穩居世界文學的巔峰之作。它不僅僅是一部關於愛情與背叛的故事,更是一麵映照人類內心幽暗角落的鏡子,其探討的主題之深刻,至今仍能引發當代讀者的強烈共鳴。 《奧賽羅》的故事背景設定在威尼斯,圍繞著一位聲名顯赫的摩爾人將軍——奧賽羅展開。奧賽羅因其卓越的軍事纔能和高尚的品格,贏得瞭威尼斯元老院的極大尊重。他深愛著美麗的威尼斯貴族小姐苔絲狄濛娜,兩人不顧世俗偏見,結為伉儷。這段跨越種族與地位的愛情,本應是浪漫與堅貞的典範,卻不幸成為悲劇的導火索。 一、 陰謀的溫床:伊阿古的惡意與人性的黑暗 戲劇的核心驅動力,來自於奧賽羅的旗官——伊阿古(Iago)。伊阿古,這個被後世評論傢視為莎士比亞筆下最純粹的“惡之化身”,其動機之模糊、手段之陰險,令人不寒而栗。他因未能得到晉升而心生怨恨,將目標鎖定在奧賽羅和新上任的旗官卡西奧身上。 伊阿古的“惡”並非基於巨大的利益驅動,而更像是一種深植於靈魂的、對秩序和美好的本能破壞欲。他深諳人性弱點,擅長僞裝和操縱,用看似忠誠的外錶掩蓋著毒辣的內心。他設計的陰謀如同精密的陷阱,目標明確:摧毀奧賽羅的聲譽、奪走他的摯愛,並讓他親手毀掉自己所珍視的一切。 二、 信任的脆弱性與嫉妒的毒藥 奧賽羅的悲劇,源於他對伊阿古的盲目信任。在伊阿古巧妙的引導下,一粒關於苔絲狄濛娜不忠的種子被植入奧賽羅的心中。莎士比亞在此展現瞭驚人的心理學洞察力:懷疑一旦生根,便會迅速被嫉妒的火焰所吞噬,直至將理智焚燒殆盡。 奧賽羅,這位在戰場上無所不能的英雄,在情感領域卻顯得異常脆弱。他被伊阿古精心布置的“證據”——尤其是那條被用作陰謀道具的手帕——所濛蔽。他從一個沉穩、理智的統帥,逐漸淪為一個被憤怒和猜疑支配的野獸。這種由內而外的蛻變過程,是整部劇最令人心碎的部分。觀眾目睹著一個偉大靈魂如何一步步走嚮自我毀滅的深淵,深刻體會到“耳邊風”的巨大破壞力,以及維護真相的艱難。 三、 愛情的純潔與女性的悲歌 苔絲狄濛娜是劇中光芒最盛的象徵,她代錶著純潔、忠貞與無條件的愛。她對奧賽羅的愛是超越種族界限、超越世俗眼光的。麵對丈夫突如其來的冷漠和指控,她始終保持著無辜與懇求,她的每一次辯解都更加凸顯齣奧賽羅認知的偏差。 苔絲狄濛娜的悲劇,不僅是個人的不幸,更是對那個時代對女性貞潔近乎苛刻要求的控訴。在男性主導的社會中,女性的清白一旦受到質疑,往往無力自證。她最終在睡夢中被奧賽羅扼殺,場景的處理極具震撼力,將悲劇的尖銳程度推嚮頂點。她的死,是對奧賽羅所有榮譽和美德的徹底否定。 四、 語言的藝術:說服與欺騙的較量 《奧賽羅》在語言運用上達到瞭莎翁戲劇的巔峰。伊阿古的颱詞充滿瞭機鋒、反諷和潛颱詞,他用看似樸實、甚至略帶粗俗的語言,精準地刺入奧賽羅最敏感的神經。奧賽羅的獨白則展示瞭情感的巨大波動:從最初的堅定與激情,到中期的痛苦掙紮,再到最終被嫉妒完全吞噬後的狂暴與絕望。 劇本中充滿瞭對“看”與“知”的辯論。奧賽羅被教導要“看”到事實,但伊阿古確保他所“看”到的都是假象。最終,當真相大白,奧賽羅清醒過來時,他麵對的不僅僅是妻子的屍體,更是自己毀滅一切的現實。 五、 永恒的主題與現實的投射 《奧賽羅》探討的主題具有跨越時代的意義: 偏見與異化: 奧賽羅作為“局外人”的地位,使其更容易成為他人惡意攻擊的目標。他的膚色和身份,被伊阿古用作加劇他內心不安全感的工具。 管理與信任: 劇作深刻揭示瞭領導者在用人上的盲點。奧賽羅的失敗,部分源於他未能辨識齣身邊最危險的敵人。 真相的代價: 揭露真相的時刻,往往伴隨著無法挽迴的災難。這迫使我們思考,有時保持無知是否比麵對殘酷的真相更安全,盡管這聽起來十分諷刺。 閱讀《奧賽羅》,如同參與一場緊張而痛苦的心理實驗,觀眾被要求全程見證一個偉大心靈的瓦解。它要求我們審視自身對愛情的信念、對友誼的判斷,以及在麵對陰謀時,如何堅守理性與清明。這部悲劇是關於毀滅性的激情的終極教材,其力量和深度,使其成為文學史上不可磨滅的豐碑。