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I in the 16th CenturyHenry VII was proclaimed King of England after the Wars of the Roses ended. Most of the great earls had killed one another in these wars and Henry VII was able to seize their lands without difficulty and give them to those who had helped him to fight for the Crown. Thousands of small landowners appeared in England. They called themselves "squires". The squires let part of their estates to farmers who paid rent for the use of this land. The farmers, in their turn, hired labourers to till the soil and tend the sheep. The peasants in the villages had land and pastures in common. By the reign of Henry VIII (son of Henry VII) trade had expanded. Trading companies sprang up and ships were built fitted to cross the ocean. The English bourgeoisie strove for independence from other countries. The independence of a country is associated with the struggle for freedom. The Catholic Church was the chief obstacle and England rebelled against the Pope of Rome. Henry VIII made himself head of the English Church and took away monastic wealth (the lands and money that belonged to the monasteries), giving it to those of the bourgeoisie who sat in Parliament.
The Pope resisted England's struggle for independence, but the Church in England became part of the state. It was called the Anglican Church.
All the progressive elements now gathered around Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). Even Parliament helped to establish an absolute monarchy in order to concentrate all its forces in defence of the country's economic interests against Spain, as Spain and England were rivals. Soon war between Spain and England broke out. Though the Spanish fleet was called the "Invincible Armada" ("invincible" means "unconquerable"), their ships were not built for sea battles, while the English vessels were capable of fighting under sail. The Armada was thoroughly beaten and dreadful storm overtook tke fleet and destroyed almost all ships. But in England all was joy and happiness. This was in 1588. Victory over the most dangerous political rival consolidated Great Britain's might on the seas and in world trade. Numerous English ships under admirals Drake, Hawkings and others sailed the seas, visited America and other countries, bringing from them great fortunes that enriched and strengthened the Crown. At the same time 16th century witnessed great contradictions between the wealth of the ruling class and the poverty of the people. New social and economic conditions brought about great changes in the development of science and art. Together with the development of bourgeois relationship and formation of the English national state this period is marked by a flourishing of national culture known in history as the Renaissance. Vocabulary associate [s'sgufieit] v ассоциировать chief [tjl:f] о главный common ['кглпэп] п общинная земля consolidate [ksn'sulideit] v укреплять contradiction [^knntra'dikfsn] n противоречие. crown [kraun] n монарх earl [з:1] п граф estate [is'teit] n поместье expand [iks'psend] v развиваться, расширяться fit [fit] v соответствовать hire [haia] v нанимать independence [,mdi'pendsns] n независимость inflict [m'flikt] у наносить invincible [m'vmsabl] а непобедимый might [mait] n мощь monastic [mg'nasstik] а монастырский obstacle ['nbstskl] n препятствие pope [рэир] п папа римский rebel [n'bel] v восставать renaissance [ra'neissns] n эпоха Возрождения rent [rent] л арендная плата rival ['rarvsl] n соперник spring [spnrj] v (sprang; sprung) возникать strive [strarv] v (strove; striven) бороться strove [straw] v past от strive tend [tend] v пасти thoroughly ['влгек] adv совершенно witness [ 'witngs] v быть свидетелем; видеть
Columbus [ka'lAmbas] discovered America. Vasco da Gama [ 'vseskau da 'grxma] reached the coast of India making his sea voyage. Magellan [mag'ebn] went round the earth. The world appeared in a new light. The Copemican [кэи'рз:шкэп] system of astronomy shattered the power of the Catholic Church, and the Protestant Church was set up. Printing was invented in Germany in the 15th century. Schools and universities were established in many European countries. Great men appeared in art, science and literature. In art and literature the time between the 14th and 17th centuries was called the Renaissance. It was the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman art and literature. Ancient culture attracted new writers and artists because it was full of joy of life and glorified the beauty of man. The writers and learned men of the Renaissance turned against feudalism and roused in men a wish to know more about the true nature of things in the world. They were called humanists. Man was placed in the centre of life. He was no longer an evil being. He had a right to live, enjoy himself and be happy on earth. The humanists were greatly interested in the sciences, especially in natural scierrce, based on experiment and investigation. These new ideas first appeared in Italy, then in France and Germany, and shortly afterwards in England and Spain. The Italian painters and sculptors Raphael [ 'rasfeial], Leonardo da Vinci [Ira'ncudauda'vmtjl:] and Michelangelo ['maikal 'aendjdau] glorified the beauty of man. The Italian poets Dante [ 'daenti], Petrarch [рэ 'tra;k| and the Italian writer Boccaccio [bt> 'kaljiau], the French writer Rabelias [ 'raebalei], the Spanish writer Cervantes [s3:'vaentiz], and the English writer Thomas More and the poet Shakespeare helped people to fight for freedom and better future. The renaissance was the greatest progressive revolution that mankind had so far experienced. It was a time which called for giants and produced giants — giants in power, thought, passion, character, in universality and learning. There was hardly any man of importance who had not travelled extensively, who did not speak four or five languages. Indeed, Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, mathematician and engineer. Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter and poet. Machiavelli [ 'тжкю' veil] was a statesman, poet and historian. The wave of progress reached England in the 16th century. Many learned men from other countries, for, instance the German painter Holbein, and some Italian and French musicians, went to England. In literature England had her own men. One of them was the humanist Thomas More, the first English humanist of the Renaissance. Vocabulary
denote [di'nsut] v обозначать experience [iks 'pionans] v испытывать, переживать extensively [iks'tensrvh] adv повсюду giant [tfjaignt] n гигант glorify ['gto:nfai] v прославлять investigation [mvesti'geijbn] n расследование Questions and Tasks 1. What does the word "renaissance" mean? 2. Talk about the great events that gave rise to the movement. 3. What were the different views regarding man in the Middle Ages and during the epoch of the Renaissance? 4. Who were the humanists? 5. In what country did the Renaissance start first? 6. What do you know about the Renaissance in Italy? 7. When did the wave of progress reach England?
Thomas More (1478-1535) Sir Thomas More [ 'tomas mo:] was born in London and educated at Oxford. He was the first English humanist of the Renaissance. He could write Latin very well. He began life as a lawyer. He was an active-minded man and kept a keen eye1 on the events of his time. Soon he became the first great writer on social and political subjects in English. The English writings of Thomas More include: discussions on political subjects, biographies, poetry. Thomas More was a Catholic, but fought against the Pope and the king's absolute power. The priests hated him because of his poetry and discussions on political subjects. Thomas More refused to obey the king as the head of the English Church, therefore he was thrown into the Tower of London and beheaded there as a traitor. The work by which Themas More is best remembered today is Utopia [ju: Чэирю] which was written in Latin in the year 1516. It has been translated into all European languages. Utopia (which in Greek means "nowhere") is the name of a non-existent island. This work is divided into two books. In the first, the author gives a profound and truthful picture of the people's sufferings and points out the social evils existing in England at that time. In the second book Thomas More presents his ideal of what future society should be like. It is an ideal republic. Its government is elected. Everybody works. All schooling is free. Man must be healthy and wise, but not rich. Utopia describes a perfect social system built on communist principles. The word "utopia" has become a byword and is used in modern English to denote an unattainable ideal, usually in social and political matters. 1 kept a keen eye — пристально следил 50 Vocabulary active-minded f'aektiv'mamdid] оэнер- obey [a'bei] v подчиняться гичный, деятельный profound ['ra'faund] а глубокий behead [bi'hed] v обезглавливать; каз- traitor f'treita] n предатель нить unattainable ['лпэЧетпэЫ] о недости- byword ['baiW3:d] n крылатое слово жимый composition [_котрэ'гг/эп] п построение Questions and Tasks 1. Who was the first English humanist of the Renaissance? 2. When did Thomas More live? 3. What kind of man was he? 4. What did the English writings of Thomas More include? 5. Comment on the composition of his best work Utopia. 6. What was More's idea of what future society should be like? 7. What did Thomas Moore fight against? 8. Why was Moore thrown into the Tower of London and beheaded? THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA IN ENGLAND During the Renaissance art and literature developed. People liked to sing and act. Drama became a very popular genre of literature. The Renaissance dramas differed greatly from the first plays written in the Middle Ages. As in Greece drama in England was in its beginning a religious thing. The clergymen began playing some parts of Christ's life in the church. The oldest plays in England were the "Mysteries" and "Miracles" which were performed on religious holidays. These were stories about saints and had many choral elements in them. Gradually ceremonies developed into performances. They passed from the stage in the church to the stage in the street. At the end of the 14th century the "Mysteries" gave way to the "Morality" plays. The plays were meant to teach people a moral lesson. The characters in them were abstract vices and virtues. Between the acts of the "Morality" and "Miracle plays" there were introduced short plays called "interludes" ['intaluxlz] — light
Actors showing a performance outside a country inn compositions intended to make people laugh. They were performed in the houses of the more intelligent people. Longer plays in which shepherds and shepherdesses took part were called "Masques" [ 'ma:sks]. These dramatic performances with music were very pleasing and were played till the end of the 17th century. Soonthe plays became complicated. Professional actors travelled from town to town performing in inn yards. The first playhouse in London was built in 1576. It was called "The Theatre". A more famous theatre was the "Globe", built in 1599. It was like the old inn yard open to the sky. Galleries and boxes were placed round the yard. The stage was in the middle of it. There was no scenery. The place of action was written on a placard, e. g., a palace, London, etc. There was no curtain, either. The actors stood in the middle of the audience on the stage. Women's parts were acted by boys or men. Drama from its very beginning was divided into comedy and tragedy. The first English tragedies and comedies were performed in London in about 1550. In the 16th century a number of plays were written in imitation of Ancient Roman tragedies and comedies. There was little action on the stage. The chorus summed up the situation and also gave moral observations at the end of each act. Such plays were called classical dramas. The greatest playwrights of the time were men of academic learning, the so-called "University Wits". Among the "University Wits" were John Lyly1, Thomas Kyd2, Christopher Marlowe and others. Each of them contributed something to the development of the drama into the forms in which Shakespeare was to take it up. Vocabulary
box ['bnks] n ложа ceremony ['senmsni] л церемония; торжество choral ['кэ:гэ1] а хоровой chorus ['ko:rgs] n хор complicated ['ktmrplikeitid] о сложный gallery ['дэе1эп] л балкон, галерея genre [за:пг] л жанр gradually ['grsedjrali] л постепенно intend [m'tend] л предназначать interlude ['mtaluxl] л интерлюдия introduce [mtre'djiKs] л вставлять, помещать Questions and Tasks 1. What became a very popular genre of literature during the Renaissance? 2. Describe the Renaissance dramas. 3. What were the oldest plays in England? 4. When did the "Mysteries" give way to "Morality" plays? 5. What plays were called "Masques"? John Lyly [ 'lih] (1554— 1606) —Джон Лили, англ. писатель и драматург Thomas Kyd (1558 — 1594) — Томас Кид, англ. драматург
6. Describe the Globe theatre, built in 1599. 7. Talk about the first plays written in imitation of Ancient Roman tragedies and comedies. 8. What were the names of the greatest playwrights of the time? 9. Who were among the "University Wits"? to reveal the suffering of man. Marlowe introduced blank verse in his tragedies and pointed out the way to William Shakespeare, the greatest of the Renaissance humanists. In imagination, richness of expression, originality and general poetic and dramatic power he is inferior to Shakespeare alone in the 16th century.
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Christopher Marlowe [ 'kristsfa 'ma:bu] was a young dramatist who surpassed all his contemporaries. His father was a shoemaker in Canterbury. Christopher Marlowe studied at Cambridge University and was greatly influenced by the ideas of the Renaissance. Almost nothing is known of his life after he left the University. He was killed at a tavern at the age of twenty-nine.
Christopher Marlowe is famous for his four tragedies: Tamburlaine ['tajmbalein] the Great; Doctor Faus-tus ['fo:stas]; The Jew of Malta ['molts] and Edward II. Marlowe approached history from a Renaissance point of view. His tragedies show strong men who fight for their own benefit. No enemy can overcome them except death. They are great personalities who challenge men and gods with their strength. Doctor Faustus is considered to be the best of his works. Marlowe used in it the German legend of a scholar who for the sake of knowledge sold his soul to the devil. Dr. Faustus wants to have power over the world: "All things that move between the quiet poles shall be at my command". The devil serves him twenty-four years. When Faustus sees the beautiful Helen he wants to get his soul back. It is too late. Marlowe's plays taught people to understand a tragedy which was not performed just to show horror and crime on the stage, but Vocabulary approach [s'prautj] v подходить inferior [т'йэпй] п стоящий ниже blank verse ['bter)k'v3:s] n белый стих overcome [ 'эотэклт] v (overcame; ревнование reveal [n'vi:l] v показывать contemporary [кэп'temparan] n совре- scholar ['sknlg] n ученый менник soul [saul] n душа devil ['devil] n дьявол surpass [s9'pa:s] v превосходить for the sake of ради tavern ['taevan] n таверна Questions and Tasks 1. Tell the main facts of Marlowe's life. 2. What is Marlowe's famous for? 3. Comment on his tragedies. 4. What is considered to be the best of his works? 5. What can you say about the plot of Doctor Faustus? 6. Speak on the meaning of Marlowe's plays. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The great poet and dramatist William Shakespeare was a genius formed by the epoch of the Renaissance. He is often called by his people "Our National Bard" (bard = a singer of ancient songs, a poet), "The Immortal Poet of Nature" (When the English people called Shakespeare "the poet of Nature" they meant "the poet of realism", but they didn't know such a word then) and "the Great Unknown". Indeed very little can be told about his life with certainty, as no biography of Shakespeare was published during his life time nor for 93 years after his death.
Yet, patient research by certain scholars has uncovered the biography, but not fully.
William Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon feivan] on the 23rd of April, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a farmer's son, who came to Stratford in 1551 and became a prosperous tradesman. John Shakespeare was elected alderman and later by the time his eldest children were born he acted as bailiff which meant he had to keep order in the town according to the local laws. John Shakespeare was illiterate; he marked his name by a cross because he was unable to write it. His mother, Mary Arden [' mean ' a:dn] was a farmer's daughter. John and Mary had eight children, four girls and four boys, but their two eldest daughters died at an early age. The third child was William. William was a boy of a free and open nature, much like his mother who was a woman of a lively disposition. Of Shakespeare's education we know little, except that for a few years he attended the local grammar school where he learned some Latin, Greek, arithmetic and a few other subjects. His real teachers, meanwhile, were the men and women around him. Stratford was a charming little town in the very centre of England. Near at hand was the Forest of Arden, the old castles of Warwick and Kenilworth, and the old Roman camps and military roads. The beauty of the place must have influenced powerfully to the poet's imagination. When Shakespeare was about fourteen years old, his father lost his property and fell into debt and so the boy had to leave school and help his family. On leaving school, William Shakespeare began to learn foreign languages. His father had an Italian in his house who was quite a good scholar. This Italian taught William the Italian language, brushed up his Latin and studied the poetry of many Latin, Greek and Italian authors with him. William was still a boy when his first poems appeared. Writing poems was very common in Shakespeare's days. It was called son- netising [' sonitaizin]. His future wife Anne Hathaway [' sen' haeQawei] also expressed her feeling for William in verse. Anne and William met by the river Avon, and she calls him "Sweet Swan of Avon". In his nineteenth year William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer. They had three children — Susanna [su: 'zaena], and the twins, Judith [ 'd^urdiG] and Hamnet. A few years later after his marriage, about the year 1587, Shakespeare left his native town for London. At this time the drama was gaining rapidly in popularity through the work of the University Wits. Shakespeare soon turned to the stage and became first an actor, and then a "play patcher", because he altered and improved the existing dramas. Thus he gained a practical knowledge of the art of play writing. Soon he began to write plays of his own, first comedies and then historical plays. New plays by William Shakespeare appeared almost every year between 1590 and 1613, in some years one play, more often two.
In 1593 and 1594 he published two long poems — Venus and Adonis ['vi:nas and a 'dauniz] and Lucrece [ 'lu:kri:s]. Both poems were dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton f sauQ' aemptan], a great admirer of Shakespeare's plays. Until Shakespeare printed his poems the public had no idea he was a poet. He was known as an actor and a writer of plays. At that time playwrights wrote for a definite theatrical company, and the theatre became the owner of the play. Shakespeare's plays were very popular. Actors and writers
respected him and admired his genius. As his popularity with the people grew, the aristocracy too became interested in his work. When Queen Elizabeth wanted to see a play, she usually ordered a performance at court. In 1594 Shakespeare became a member of the Lord Chamberlain's ['tfeimbalmz] company of actors. He wrote plays for the company and acted in them. His early plays were performed in the playhouses known as "The Theatre" and "The Curtain". When the company built the "Globe" theatre most of his greatest plays were performed there. By that time Shakespeare was acknowledged to be the greatest of English dramatists. His career as a dramatist lasted for nearly twenty-one years. His financial position also improved. He was a shareholder of the "Globe" theatre and he purchased property in Stratford and in London. But the years which brought prosperity also brought sorrows. He lost his only son, his brother and parents. In spite of prosperity he must have left lonely among the people surrounding him. In 1612 he returned to Stratford-on-Avon for good. The last years of his life Shakespeare spent in Stratford. He died on the 23rd of April 1616. He is buried in his native town Strat-ford-on-Avon. In 1616 a month before his death he wrote his will. On his tomb there are,four lines which are said to have been written by William Shakespeare: Good friend, for Jesus' sale forbear To dig the dust enclosed here; Blessed be he that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones. These lines prevented the removal of his remains to Westminster Abbey; only a monument was erected to his memory in Poets' Corner. Vocabulary acknowledge [sk'rrohcfc] v признавать alter ['э:кэ] v переделывать admirer [ad'maiara] n поклонник bailiff ['beilif] n судебный пристав alderman ['э:Шэтэп] п олдермен, член bless [bles] v благословлять муниципалитета brush up [ЬглГ] v заниматься
certainty ['s3:tnti] л уверенность common ['кшттэп] а обычный company [ 'клтрэш] п театральная труппа confer [кэпТз:] a title давать титул curse [k3:s] v проклинать debt [det] n долг dedicate ['dedikeit] v посвящать definite ['defmit] а определенный disposition [^disps'zifgn] n характер epoch ['i:pDk] n эпоха erect [1'rekt] v воздвигать financial [fai'nasnfsl] а финансовый forbear [fo:'bes] v (forbore; forborne) воздерживаться gain [gem] v добиться genius ['cfemjss] n гений illiterate [r'litarit] а неграмотный immortal [i'mo:tl] а бессмертный Jesus ['djfczss] n Иисус Questions and Tasks 1. What titles have the English people conferred on William Shakespeare? 2. Where was Shakespeare born? 3. When was he born? 4. What did his father, John Shakespeare, do? 5. How many children did John and Mary Shakespeare have? 6. What kind of boy was William? 7. What do we know of Shakespeare's education? 8. What must have influenced powerfully to the poet's imagination? 9. What happened when William was about fourteen years old?
10. When did his poems begin to appear? 11. When did he marry Anne Hathaway? 12. How many children did they have? 13. Talk about the first period of Shakespeare's life in London. 14. What poems did he publish in 1593 and 1594? 15. To whom were these poems dedicated? 16. When did he become a member of the Lord Chamberlain's company of actors? 17. Where were most of Shakespeare's plays performed? 18. Prove that his financial position improved. 19. When did Shakespeare return to Stratford-on-Avon? 20. When did he die?
Shakespeare's Literary Work William Shakespeare is one of those rare geniuses of mankind who have become landmarks in the history of world culture. Poet and playwright William Shakespeare was one of the greatest titans of Renaissance. A phenomenally prolific writer, William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. Shakespeare's plays belong to different dramatic genres. They are histories (chronicle plays), tragedies, comedies and tragic-comedies. Shakespeare's literary work is usually divided into three periods: • The first period — from 1590 to 1601 — when he wrote histories, comedies and sonnets. • The second period — from 1601 to 1608 — was the period of tragedies. • The third period — from 1608 to 1612 — when he wrote mostly tragic-comedies. These three periods are sometimes called optimistic, pessimistic and romantic. Vocabulary landmark ['laendma:k] n веха prolific [prs'lifik] а плодовитый narrative ['nseratrv] а повествовательный rare [геэ] а редкий phenomenally [fi'rrommli] adv необык- titan ['taitgn] n титан The First Period Comedies The first period is marked by youthful optimism, great imagination and extravagance of language. In these years Shakespeare created a brilliant cycle of comedies. They are all written in his playful manner. The gay and witty heroes and heroines of The Globe comedies come into conflict with unfavourable circumstances and wicked people. But their love and friendship, intellect and faithfulness always take the upper hand1. The comedies are written in the bright spirit of the Renaissance. The heroes are the creators of their own fate, that is to say they rely on their cleverness to achieve happiness. Shakespeare trusted man's virtues and believed that virtue could bring happiness to mankind. Shakespeare was optimistic, therefore love of life is the main feature of his comedies, notable for their wit, comic characters and situations, for the smoothly flowing language and harmonious composition. Shakespeare's comedies were written to take the spectator away from everyday troubles. In them people lived for merriment, pleasure and love. The best comedies of that period are: Love's Labour's Lost — 1590, The Comedy of Errors — 1591, The Two Gentlemen of Verona [уГгэипэ] — 1592, A Midsummer Night's Dream — 1594, 1 take the upper hand — побеждают
The Merchant of Venice ['vems] — 1595, The Taming of the Shrew [fru:] — 1596, Much Ado About Nothing — 1599, The Merry Wives of Windsor ['wmza] — 1599, As You Like It — 1600, Twelfth Night — 1600. Twelfth Night Twelfth Night is one of the most charming and perfect of Shakespeare's plays. It was the last of his merry comedies. Afterwards he wrote mainly tragedies. The play was written to say good-bye to the Christmas holidays which were celebrated with great pomp and lasted for twelve days. Twelfth Night was the end of merry-making. Hence the title of the comedy. The plot of the play is centred round Viola ( vaiab]. She is a clever, intelligent and noble-hearted woman. Making a sea voyage she and her twin brother Sebastian [si 'baestjan] are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria governed by Duke Orsino [of si:rau]. The captain of the ship brings Viola safe to shore. Her brother has apparently drowned. The captain tells Viola that Duke Orsino is in love with Countess Olivia [t> '1тэ] whose father and brother have recently died. For the love of them she avoids people. Viola wishes to serve this lady, but Olivia admits no person into her house. Then she makes up her mind to serve Orsino as a page under the name of Cesario [si 'zemau]. She puts on her brother's clothes, and looks exactly like him. Strange errors happen as the twins are mistaken for each other. The Duke is fond of Cesario and tells him about his love for Olivia and sends him to her house to talk to her about his love. Viola goes there unwillingly because she herself loves Orsino. On seeing Cesario Olivia falls in love with him, "I love thee1 so, that, in spite of your pride, nor wit nor reason can my passion hide".; In vain, Cesario's resolution is "never to love any woman". In the meantime Sebastian comes to Olivia's house, she mistakes him for Cesario and proposes they should marry. Sebastian agrees. Soon Cesario — Viola enters. Everybody wonders at seeing two persons with the same face and voice. When all the errors are cleared up, they laugh at Olivia for falling in love with a woman. Orsino, seeing that Cesario would look beautiful in a woman's clothes, says to him that for the faithful service Viola has done for him so much beneath her soft and tender breeding, and since she has called him master so long, she should now be her master's mistress, and Orsino's true duchess. The twin brother and sister are wedded on the same day: Viola becomes the wife of Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, Sebastian — the husband of the rich and noble Countess Olivia. In the character of Viola Shakespeare embodied the new ideal of a woman, which was very different from that of feudal times. The woman described in the literature of the Middle Ages, especially in the romances, were shown as passive objects of love. Shakespeare shows that women have the right to equality and independence. Viola defends her right to happiness and love.
The stage where "Tweifth Night" was performed 1 thee — you
Vocabulary admit [ad'mit] v допускать apparently [s'peeranth] adv очевидно; по-видимому avoid [a'void] v избегать breeding ['bri:dirj] n воспитание countess ['kauntis] n графиня cycle ['saikl] n цикл drown [draun] v тонуть duchess ['d\tjis] n герцогиня embody [im'bndi] v воплощать error ['era] n ошибка extravagance [iks'trsevigans] n экстравагантность feature ['fi:tfa] л черта harmonious [hafmaunjas] а гармоничный Sonnets hence ['hens] adv отсюда merriment ['menmant] n веселье notable ['nautabl] а известный, выдающийся pomp [primp] n помпа, пышность propose [ргэ 'pauz] v делать предложение (о браке) rely [n'lai] v полагаться, доверять smoothly ['smvxdh] adv плавно tender ['tends] а нежный, заботливый twin [twin] n близнец unfavourable [лп 'feivarabl] а неблагоприятный wicked ['wikid] а злой witty ['witi] а остроумный Sonnet 66 Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, As, to behold1 Desert a beggar born, And needy Nothing trimm'd in jolity2 And purest Faith unhappily forsworn,3 And golded Honour shamefully misplaced, And maiden Virtue rudely strumpeted4 And right Perfection wrongfully disgraced, And Strength by limping Sway5 disabled, And Art made tongue — tied by Authority, And Folly doctor-like6 controlling Skill, And simple Truth miscall'd Simplicity,7 And captive Good attending captain 111.8 Tired with all these, from these would I be gone, Save9 that, to die, I leave my love alone.
The sonnet is a poetical form that appeared in Italy in the 14th century. It was introduced into English literature during the first period of the Renaissance. Shakespeare's sonnet has 14 lines. It is divided into three stanzas of four lines with a final rhyming couplet ['k/vpht]. The sonnets of Shakespeare were published in 1609, but were probably written between 1597— 1600. The first 126 are addressed to a man. A certain "W. H." whose identity remains unknown. He is the author's friend, and the sonnets are addressed to him. Shakespeare complains of his hard life in which his love for his friend is the only comfort (sonnets 26 — 29), but his friend often forgets him (sonnet 33). Beginning with sonnet 127 a new person appears — The Dark Lady. The authors and his friend are in love with her. The authors both loves her and hates her for making him and his friend suffer (sonnet 133). Thus the sonnets are connected by their common theme — love and friendship. But this is not the only theme of the sonnets. In one of his best sonnets, 66, Shakespeare expresses his indignation with the state of things around him. Sonnet 91 Some glory in their birth, some in their skill, Some in their wealth, some in their body10 forth; Some in their garments11, though new-fangled12 ill; Some in their hawks and hounds13, some in their horse; 1 behold — see 2 trimm'd in jollity — dressed gaily 3 to forswear — to swear falsely 4 strumpeted — violated 5 sway — motion; rule 6 doctor-like — pretending to know much 7 simplicity — here stupidity 8 captive Good attending captain 111 — Virtue, a prisoner, serving Evil 9 save — except 10 body1— body's 11 garments — clothes 12 new-fangled — fond of novelty 13 hounds — dogs for chase, hunting
Г And every humor hath1 his adjunct2 pleasure, Wherein it finds a joy above the rest; But these particulars are not my measure, All these I better in one general best. Thy3 love is better than high birth to me, Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost, Of more delight than hawks or horses be; And having thee4, of all men's pride I boast. Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst5 take. All this away and me most wretched make. Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, — yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go — My mistress when she walks treads on the ground And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. 1 hath — has 2 adjunct — subordinate thing 3 thy — your 4 thee — you 5 thou mayst ['dau'meist] — you may All Shakespeare's sonnets have been translated into Russian by S. Marshak, the well-known poet. S. Marshak was not the first to translate the sonnets into Russian, but if were not for Marshak's translations the sonnets would be known only to a small circle of specialists. Vocabulary
Adjunct ['aed^Arjkt] а дополнительный breast[brest] n грудь comfort ['kAmfst] n утешение complain [kam'plem] v жаловаться couplet ['kAplit] n рифмованное двустишие damask ['daemssk] а алый desert[di'z3:t] n заслуга disgrace [dis'greis] v позорить, бесчестить dun [алп]а темный Histories
During the first period Shakespeare wrote histories (chronicles) which are a poetic history of England. Shakespeare gives a broad panorama of England life. Scenes of private life alternate with episodes of war and political intrigues. Shakespeare shows the terrible world of feudal relations between people. The histories show the defeat of the feudal lords and the necessity of a strong national state united under the power of the king. The historical plays (chronicles) are:
King Henry VI — 1592, The Tragedy of King Richard III — 1593, Titus Andronicus ['taitassn'dromkas] — 1594, The Tragedy of King Richard II — 1594, The Life and Death of King John — 1594, King Henry TV— 1597, The Life of King Henry V— 1599. It is true that the historical dramas or chronicles, full of tragic events and bloodshed, also belong to the first period, but if we regard them in the order in which they are written, it turns out that they too have a happy end. Two tragedies Romeo and Juliet [ 'гэигшэи and 'd3u:ljst] (1593) and Julius Caesar ['d3u:ljas 'si:za] (1599) were written during this period too. Tragedy does not belong to one single period of Shakespeare's work. It is with him in the first two stages of his literary career. Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare's first tragedy. He turned from the romantic comedies to make the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The play is still very popular and the names of Romeo and Juliet are used to describe any great lovers. In the tragedy the problem of love is raised to a deep social problem. The play treats love as a serious tragic subject. Romeo and Juliet are the victims of a long senseless feud between their families. The world of the Montagues ['rrrontsgjuiz] and Capulets fkaepjulats] is antagonistic to their love. The young people are to fight against feudal traditions and patriarchal morality. The death of the young people makes the older generation realize the absurdity of their feud and leads to the reconciliation of the two families. The tragedy ends in an optimistic mood. Vocabulary absurdity [sb's3:diti] n нелепость intrigue [in'trig] n интрига alternate ['o:lt3neit] v чередоваться patriarchal [,peitn'а:кэ1] a патриар- bloodshed ['bL\dJed] n кровопролитие хальный chronicle ['kronikl] n хроника (истори- reconciliation [ гекэгшЬ'ег/эп] n при- ческая) мирение feud [fju:d] n вражда treat [tri:t] v рассматривать frame [freim] n обрамление victim ['viktim] n жертва Questions and Tasks 1. How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write? 2. What are Shakespeare's genres? 3. What are the periods of Shakespeare's creative work? 4. What are the characteristic features of Shakespeare's comedies? 5. Name the best Shakespeare's comedies. 6. What is the plot of Twelfth Nighf? 7. What features of Shakespeare's comedies can be found in Twelfth Nighf? 8. What ideas did Shakespeare embody in the character of Viola? 9. What is a sonnet?
10. When was it introduced into English literature? 11. What is a Shakespeare sonnet? 12. What are Shakespeare's sonnets about? 13. Talk about the main idea of sonnet 66. 14. Point out the lines which form the frame. What is the function of this frame? 15. What is the main idea of sonnet 91? 16. In what other sonnet does Shakespeare deal with the same problem? 17. How did Shakespeare describe his beloved in sonnet 130? 18. Who gave Shakespeare's sonnets new life and made them part of Russian poetry? 19. What other plays belong to the first period of Shakespeare's creative work? Name them. 20. What are the themes of the histories? 21. What tragedies belong to this period too? 22. What is the central theme of the tragedy Romeo and Juliet?
The Second Period (1601-1608) Shakespeare's dramatic genius was at its highest in the second period of his literary work, when all of Shakespeare's famous tragedies appeared. In the plays of this period the dramatist reaches his full maturity. He presents great human problems. Shakespeare proves that it is not enough to be clever in order to achieve happiness, that human relations derive from social problems. He shows the social injustice and suffering of man. Something must be done to change the world, the laws of man and his morals. This is particularly stressed in the great tragedies of Hamlet and King Lear [lis]. Shakespeare showed that people had to look for another and more perfect life. Society could achieve progress and happiness only through struggle. He had faith in man's virtue. In Shakespeare's tragedies the evil forces are victorious only to a certam point, in the end the good wins. Shakespeare's characters are personalities of great depth and unusual intellect. At the same time he has created real, ordinary men. Each tragedy portrays some noble figure caught in a difficult situation. A man's tragedy is not individual, it is spread to other people as well. In ancient tragedies man was helpless. His life depended on fate. Shakespeare's man acts in a concrete social and political world. During the second period Shakespeare wrote the following tragedies: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark — 1602, Troilus and Cressida — 1603, Othello [эи'0е1эи], the Moor of Venice fvenis] — 1604, King Lear— 1605, Macbeth [mak'beG] — 1606, Алголу and Cleopatra [ 'aentaniand,klia'palra] — 1607, Coriolanus [кэипэ 'lamas] — 1608, Timon ofAtheus [ 'taiman av 'seGmz] — 1608. He also wrote a few comedies: All's Well that Eds Well — 1602, Measure for Measure — 1604, Pericles, Prince of Tyre ['penkli:z] — 1608. These have been named the dark comedies and differ from those written during the first period as they have many tragic elements in them. Vocabulary Y.
'erive [di'raiv] v происходить aith [fei9] л вера maturity [ma'tjusnti] n p/нормы нравственного поведения Tragedies Hamlet Shakespeare's greatest tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Hamlet is a philosophical drama, the tragedy of a humanist. It is the most widely staged, read and discussed of all Shakespeare's tragedies.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is at the University of Wittenberg. A poor student Horatio [ho'reijiau] becomes his friend. Unexpectedly Hamlet learns of his father's death and hurries home to Elsi-nore. On his arrival Hamlet is shocked at finding his mother married to his uncle, his father's brother, Claudius f'kb:djas], who becomes King of Denmark. The scene is laid in Denmark. It is night. Several soldiers are on guard. They are talking about the ghost that appears near the castle every night. The soldiers start to speak to him, but the ghost does not answer and disappears. They tell Hamlet about the ghost. Soon Hamlet comes and sees the ghost. In the ghost he recognizes the image of his father. The ghost beckons him and in spite of Horatio's warnings Hamlet follows him. The ghost tells Hamlet that his father has been treacherously killed by his brother Claudius. Claudius poured some poison into his ear while he was asleep in the garden. Having married Queen Gertrude [ 'g3:tru:d] he inhe-rited the throne. The ghost calls on Hamlet to avenge his father's death. Hamlet is overwhelmed. He takes an oath to avenge his death. So Hamlet pretends to be mad and makes biting remarks to the Queen, King and all the courtiers. Polonius [рэ 'bunjas], one of the Queen's courtiers, has two children, a daughter Ophelia [t>'fi:lja] and a son Laertes [lei'3:ti:z]. Hamlet loves Ophelia, but he puts aside his love and simulates madness to conceal his plans. Hamlet's mother thinks it is only her unfaithfulness that has made him mad, and Polonius thinks Hamlet's love for his daughter is the only reason. Ophelia in her natural simplicity admires Hamlet, but in her blind obedience to her father she avoids him. Seeing the change in Hamlet, her heart nearly breaks with pity and sorrow. Hamlet wants to force the King to admit his crime When a company of actors visits the castle, he arranges a play in which the actors perform the scene of a king's murder. Hamlet wants to make sure of the King's guilt. He says: "the play's the thing wherein I'll catchYne conscience of the king" And so he does. The King now understands that Hamlet knows his secret. Hamlet watches the behaviour of the Queen and the King and becomes sure of the treacherous murder of his father. In confusion the King and Queen leave the performance. Soon Hamlet is called to his mother. He can't forgive her because she has married his father's murderer, and Hamlet tells her what he thinks of her. The Queen is frightened, she calls for help. During all this time Polonius stays hidden behind the curtains. On hearing the Queen's cry for help he makes a move behind the curtains. Hamlet thinks that it is the King and kills him. The death of Polonius by Hamlet's hand is at the same time a crushing blow to Ophelia. She becomes insane and drowns herself. The death of Polonius gives the King grounds for sending Hamlet out of the kingdom. On board a ship Hamlet goes to England under the care of two courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They are given letters to the English court which read that Hamlet should be put to death as soon as he lands in England. Hamlet, suspecting some treachery, secretly gets the letters, and changes his name for the names of the courtiers. Soon after that their ship is attacked by pirates and Hamlet is taken prisoner but then he is set free. When Hamlet gets home the first thing he sees is the funeral of Ophelia. On learning of Hamlet's return the King thinks of a plan to do away with Hamlet. He persuades Laertes to challenge Hamlet to a duel and advises Laertes to prepare a poisoned weapon. In the duel Laertes inflicts a mortal wound on Hamlet. And then Hamlet and Laertes exchange swords and Hamlet wounds Laertes with his own poisoned sword. At that moment, the Queen, who is also present at the duel, cries out that she is poisoned. She has drunk out of a glass of poisoned wine which the King prepared for Hamlet. The Queen dies. Laertes, feeling his life go, tells Hamlet that Claudius is the cause of all the misfortunes. With his last strength Hamlet kills him with his spear and both of them die. Hamlet's last words are addressed to his friend Horatio whom he asks to tell his story to the world, as if commanding others to continue the struggle after his death. Vocabulary
admit [gd'mit] v признать avenge [э'уепф] v отомстить beckon ['Ьекэп] v манить к себе biting ['baitirj] а резкий; острый cause [ko:z] n причина challenge ['tfaelmd3] v вызывать conceal [ksn'si:l] v скрывать confusion [kan'fjirpn] n замешатель ство, смущение conscience ['krmjsns] n совесть courtier ['ko:tjg] n придворный crushing ['krAJirj] а сокрушительный funeral ['fjuinaral] n похороны
remark [n'ma:kj n замечание simulate ['simjuleit] v притворяться spear [spis] n копье suspect [sgs'pekt] v подозревать treacherous f tretfsras] о предательский, вероломный The Image of Hamlet Hamlet is one of the most difficult tragedies to interpret. No work of world literature has caused so many explanations as Ham-let. The reason for it is Hamlet's behaviour. Shakespeare's Ham let is a typical man of the Renaissance — well educated and noble, open-hearted, clever and generous. He loves life; he believes in man and is full of hopes and noble desires. But suddenly Hamlet understands that the world is not the place only for good hopes and noble desires: his father is murdered by his uncle, and his mother becomes his wife thus helping Claudius to become king. Hamlet grieves that injustice triumphs over justice, that cruel rulers are tyrannizing the people, that his beloved country has become a prison for people. The contradiction between his noble ideals and reality is one of the^reasons for Hamlet's disappointment. As a character Hamlet is many-sided. He is courageous. He does not fear to look the truth in the face. He knows that revenge is easy. But it is not merely revenge that Hamlet seeks. He feels that he "was born to set the world aright" and this can be done only by exposing the very roots of the reigning evil. Therefore he decides to unveil the crimes of Claudius to the people and to establish the reign of justice in Denmark. So Hamlet's capacity for action, decisiveness and initiative are one part of his nature. On the other hand he doubts, puts things off, falls into complete pessimism, avoids action. Hamlet meditates on the problems of life and death, struggle and irresolution, love and hatred. His meditations are well reflected in his famous monologue (soliloquy [sn'libkwi]). "To be or not to be?" He passionately seeks the key to the understanding of life. He is ready to devote his life to the task "to set the world aright", though he foresees "a sea of troubles" before him, which cannot be overcome. Hamlet's Soliloquy To be, or not to be, — that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die, — to sleep; No more; and, by a sleep, to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, — 'tis is a consummation ' Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, — to sleep; — To sleep! perchance2 to dream: ay, there's the rub3; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil \ Must give us pause; there's the respect5 That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely0 The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay7 The insolence of office8, and the spurns9 That patient merit of the unworthy takes10, When he himself might his quietus " make With a bare bodkin12? Who would fardels13 bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that14 the dread of something after death, 1 consummation — fulfilment 2 perchance — perhaps 3 rub — here: obstacle 4 when we have shuffled — when we die 5 there's the respect — that is what we fear 6 contumely — contempt in speech or acts 8 the insolence of office — the shameless bullying at government departments I spurns —- contemptuous refuses 10 That patient merit of the unworthy takes — That patient and worthy people receive from the unworthy II quietus [kwai 'i:tss] — end of things; death 12 with a bare bodkin — with a simple dagger 13 fardels — burdens 14 but that — if not for
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly others that we know not of? Thus conscience1 does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue2 of resolution Is sicklied o'er3 with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pitch and moment4, With this regard, their currents turn awry5, And lose the name of action... Soft you now! The fair Ophelia? Nymph, in thy orisons6 Be all my sins remembered. Act HI, Scene 1 Hamlet hesitates because he is afraid to take a false step which might lead him against his humanist ideals. So Hamlet is not a fighter by nature, he is a learned man, a philosopher. Hamlet decides to be, to act — to fight and to conquer. At the end of the tragedy he achieves his aims. His victory is that he has overcome his own doubts. He knows that his struggle will continue for years to come. Hamlet is one of the greatest characters in world literature and the play is the internal drama of a human soul. The Renaissance atmosphere of art and learning governs this play, in which the central character is himself a Renaissance man. Vocabulary account [s'kaunt] v объяснять capacity [kg'psesiti] n способность bully ['bull] v запугивать contemptuous [ksn'temptjuss] a npe- 1 conscience — here: thoughts 2 hue — here: healthy feeling 3 It sicklied o'er — Is made unhealthy, sick 4 enterprises of great pitch and moment — honourable beginnings of 5 turn awry [a'rai] — turn in a wrong manner (awry — wrong) 6 orisons ['onzanz] — prayers
contradiction [,kontra'dikf9n] n противоречие decisiveness [di'saisrvnis] n решительность devoutly [di'vautli] adv искренне doubt [daut] v сомневаться expose [iks'pguz] v разоблачать forsee [fo:'si:] v jforsaw; forseen) предвидеть grieve [gri:v] v горевать heir [еэ] п наследник grunt [grAnt] v ворчать internal [m't3:nl] а внутренний The Story of King Lear King Lear is a family tragedy set against the background of the social and political life of late f eudalism. It is a play about the clash between cruelty, selfishness, ambition on the one hand, honesty, justice and humanity on the other. Не нашли, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском:
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