Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, romances, and the plays which were based on his
The power of fate is strong in Shakespeare's play. Chance and evil eventually join to bring tragedy. Chance involves Romeo in a murder, chance prevents a message from reaching Romeo in 6me, chance brings about deadly meeting in a cemetery.
Many Elizabethans were followers of astrology (星相术) and believed that the stars could control events. Thus, Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "star-crossed lovers" whose stars doomed (命中注定) them to disaster.
Elizabethans also had a concept of fate in the person of Dame Fortune (命运女神). By spinning her wheel, she could raise the state of a beggar or lower that of a king. One of the fascinations of Shakespeare is the way in which he put these ideas into the play.
One of the most difficult things to decide about this play is the question of responsibility. Did irresistible fate bring tragedy to Romeo and Juliet, or were they themselves to blame? The fact that this question is not resolved by the author also helps to make Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet a fascinating work.
According to Paragraph 1, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet ______.
A.when he succeeded in comedies and history plays
B.after he had developed his skill in tragedy
C.before he wrote comedies and history plays
D.when he was no longer young
The passage indicates that Shakespeare put ______ into Romeo and Juliet.
A.historical events
B.Elizabethan beliefs
C.his personal experience
D.political issues at the time
A.” is said by ().
B.Bertrand Russell
C.George Bernard Shaw
D.Oscar Wilde
E.William Shakespeare
A.Christopher Marlowe
B.John Milton
C.William Shakespeare
D.John Donne
A.evidence
B.presence
C.absence
D.existence
A、comedies
B、tragedies
C、sonnets
D、histories
He (wrote) the story, (typing) it (into) the computer and (handed) it to the chief editor.
A.wrote
B.typing
C.into
D.handed
He never wrote to his father______ he was in need of money.
A.except
B.except when
C.except for
D.except that
The writer wrote the passage in order to ______.
A.expose the evils of the slavery system
B.condemn all kinds of war
C.describe people' s life in Harriet' s time
D.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book
I wrote down the number so that I remember it.
A.might
B.should
C.could
D.needed