the merchant of venice

Shakespeare describes young men and women freed from the feudal shackles and praises their youth, love and ideals of happiness. They trust not in God or King but in themselves.
Shylock: he is greedy, stubborn, cruel, and very unpopular in the city Portia: A woman of the Renaissance ---beautiful, prudent明智 prudent明智, cultured, courteous有礼貌、谦 明智, courteous有礼貌 有礼貌、 逊 and capable of dealing with an emergency. Antonio: he is generous, lend money do not take interest, treasure friendships
and gilded honour shamfully misplaced 见到荣誉被可耻地放错了位 置 and maiden virture rudely strumpeted; 见到暴徒糟蹋了贞洁的处子 and right perfection wrongfully disgraced; 见到不义玷辱了至高的正义， 见到不义玷辱了至高的正义， and strength by limping sway disabled; 见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士， 见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士，
The theme: His poetry can bring eternity to the ones hes: Simile（明喻） Simile（明喻） metaphor （隐喻） symbolism （象征） personification （拟人）
When in the chronicle of wasted time 我翻阅荒古时代的历史记载 I see descriptions of the fairest wights, 见到最美的人物被描摹尽致， And beauty making beautiful old rhyme 美使得古代的诗歌也美丽多彩， In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights, 歌颂着以往的绝世佳人，可爱的骑士；
So all their praises are but prophecies 那么，古人的赞辞都只是预言 Of this our time, all you prefiguring; 预言了我们这时代； And, for they look'd but with divining eyes, 但古人只能用预想的眼睛测看， They had not skill enough your worth to sing: 还不能充分歌唱出你的价值来
Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, 见到古人夸奖说最美的美人有 Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, 怎样的手足，嘴唇，眼睛和眉毛， I see their antique pen would have express'd 于是我发现古代的文笔早就 Even such a beauty as you master now. 表达出来了你今天具有的美貌。
The distinctive features of Renaissance humanism are its emphasis on classical studies, or the humanities, and a conscious return to classical ideas and forms. What humanist ideas does Shakespeare mean to express in The Merchant of Venice ?
Sonnet 66
---William ---William Shakespeare
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry As, to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm’d in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn, And gilded honour shamefully misplaced, And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority, tongueAnd folly, doctor-like, controlling skill, doctorAnd simple truth miscall’d simplicity, And captive Good attending captain Ill, Tired with all these, from these would I be gone, Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.
For we, which now behold these present days, 至于我们呢，看见了今天的景象， Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise 有眼睛惊讶，却没有舌头会颂扬。 （屠岸译）
过往世代的记载里常常见到 前人把最俊俏人物描摹尽致， 美貌如何使古老的诗句也美妙， 配得上歌颂美女和风流骑士， 看人家夸赞美貌是怎样的无比， 什么手，什么脚，什么嘴，什么眼，什么眉， 我总是看出来他们古雅的手笔 差不多恰好表现了你的秀美。 所以他们的赞词都无非是预言 我们这时代，都把你预先描画； 他们却只用猜度的眼睛来观看， 还不够有本领歌唱你的真价： 我们呢，亲眼看到了今天的风光， 眼睛会惊讶，舌头却不会颂扬。 （卞之琳译）
《威尼斯商人》是莎士比亚的著名喜剧之 威尼斯商人》 一。剧本的主题是歌颂仁爱、慷慨无私的 友谊和真挚美好的爱情，批判贪婪、嫉妒、 仇恨、残酷。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。
The image of the main characters Shylock Portia Antonio
The Merchant of Venice
---William ---William Shakespeare
剧中描写威尼斯一位身无分文的贵族青年巴萨尼 为向富家嗣女鲍西娅求婚， 奥，为向富家嗣女鲍西娅求婚，向好友安东尼奥 借钱。安东尼奥因货船尚未到港， 借钱。安东尼奥因货船尚未到港，只好向犹太高 利贷者夏洛克借债，并被迫立约：如不按期偿还， 利贷者夏洛克借债，并被迫立约：如不按期偿还， 就让夏洛克从安东尼奥身上割一磅肉。 就让夏洛克从安东尼奥身上割一磅肉。巴萨尼奥 与鲍西娅一见钟情，但安东尼奥的货船却遇险未 与鲍西娅一见钟情， 债务到期他将被罚割下一磅肉。 归，债务到期他将被罚割下一磅肉。鲍西娅毅然 扮作律师，去威尼斯营救安东尼奥。在法庭上， 扮作律师，去威尼斯营救安东尼奥。在法庭上， 鲍西娅以惊人的才智，驳倒夏洛克，打赢了官司。 鲍西娅以惊人的才智，驳倒夏洛克，打赢了官司。 故事情节安排的轻松诙谐， 故事情节安排的轻松诙谐，但又不失剑拔弩张的 紧张气氛， 紧张气氛，将当时威尼斯资产阶级和高利贷者的 矛盾上演得淋漓尽致， 矛盾上演得淋漓尽致，同时也反映出了作者对资 产阶级社会中金钱， 产阶级社会中金钱，法律和宗教等问题的人文主 义思想。 义思想。
Sonnet 29
---William ---William Shakespeare
Sonnet 106
---William ---William Shakespeare
When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty as you master now. So all their praises are but prophecies Of this our time, all you prefiguring; And, for they look'd but with divining eyes, They had not skill enough your worth to sing: For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. praise.
Sonnet 18
---William ---William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, May, date. And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed; untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; ow’st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, shade, grow’st, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. thee.