…Milton hopes to create a Satan that has some subtle and mixed characters, with depth, with a spectrum of shades. I feel this method is similarly employed in many Shakespeare's plays (such as Angelo in Measure for Measure), which were written even earlier than Paradise Lost.
I feel another place in Measure for Measure that also indicates the depth and the subtlety of Angelo's character is that his monologue in Act II Scene IV, When I would pray and think, I think and pray To several subjects. Heaven hath my empty…
…Heathen Heresy but I never enjoyed Shakespeare. As part of my English studies I have read the following ones - Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Winter’s…
Shakespeare is perhaps the most over-rated play write ever. Sure he wrote a few good plays - 'Hamlet', 'Othello', a few other tragedies of note. But most of his stuff was pretty mediocre - 'Measure for Measure' for instance - or outright sucked - 'Romeo and Juliet' perhaps being one of the worst plays ever conceived. Compared to say, Sophocles of old, or, in our time, people like Harold Pinter or Edward Albee,…
……弥尔顿希望能塑造出一个带有微妙而复杂性格的撒旦，有深度，有深浅不一的多重色彩。我觉得莎士比亚在很多戏剧里也用了类似的手法（比如《一报还一报》里的安杰洛），而那些戏的创作时间甚至比《失乐园》还要早。
…Milton hopes to create a Satan that has some subtle and mixed characters, with depth, with a spectrum of shades. I feel this method is similarly employed in many Shakespeare's plays (such as Angelo in Measure for Measure), which were written even earlier than Paradise Lost.
我觉得《一报还一报》里另一处展现安杰洛性格深度和微妙之处的地方，是他第二幕第四场的那段独白：“当我想要祈祷和思考时，我的思考和祈祷却分向了不同的对象。上天只得到了我空洞的……”
I feel another place in Measure for Measure that also indicates the depth and the subtlety of Angelo's character is that his monologue in Act II Scene IV, When I would pray and think, I think and pray To several subjects. Heaven hath my empty…
……可能属于大逆不道了，但我从来都欣赏不来莎士比亚。作为英语学业的一部分，我读过下面这些——《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》、《皆大欢喜》、《错误的喜剧》、《哈姆雷特》、《裘力斯·凯撒》、《麦克白》、《一报还一报》、《威尼斯商人》、《仲夏夜之梦》、《无事生非》、《奥赛罗》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》、《驯悍记》、《暴风雨》、《第十二夜》、《维洛那二绅士》以及《冬天的……
…Heathen Heresy but I never enjoyed Shakespeare. As part of my English studies I have read the following ones - Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Winter’s…
莎士比亚大概是有史以来被高估得最厉害的剧作家了。当然，他确实写过几部好戏——《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》，还有其他几部拿得出手的悲剧。但他大部分作品都挺平庸的——比如《一报还一报》——要不就是彻头彻尾的烂作——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》大概是有史以来构思出来的最烂剧本之一了。跟古希腊的索福克勒斯比，或者跟我们这个时代的哈罗德·品特、爱德华·阿尔比之流相比，……
Shakespeare is perhaps the most over-rated play write ever. Sure he wrote a few good plays - 'Hamlet', 'Othello', a few other tragedies of note. But most of his stuff was pretty mediocre - 'Measure for Measure' for instance - or outright sucked - 'Romeo and Juliet' perhaps being one of the worst plays ever conceived. Compared to say, Sophocles of old, or, in our time, people like Harold Pinter or Edward Albee,…