英国文学选读课后答案.doc

英国文学选读
Poems: Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1, lines 55-86)
生存或毁灭, 这是个必答之问题是否应默默的忍受坎苛命运之无情打击,
还是应与深如大海之无涯苦难奋然为敌, 并将其克服。死即睡眠, 它不过如此!
倘若一眠能了结心灵之苦楚与***之百患, 那么, 此结局是可盼的! 死去, 睡去...
但在睡眠中可能有梦, 啊, 这就是个阻碍: 当我们摆脱了此垂死之皮囊,
在死之长眠中会有何梦来临? 它令我们踌躇, 使我们心甘情愿的承受长年之灾,
否则谁肯容忍人间之百般折磨, 如暴君之政、骄者之傲
失恋之痛、法章之慢贪官之侮、或庸民之辱
假如他能简单的一刃了之? 还有谁会肯去做牛做马, 终生疲於操劳
默默的忍受其苦其难, 而不远走高飞, 飘於渺茫之境
倘若他不是因恐惧身後之事而使他犹豫不前?
此境乃无人知晓之邦, 自古无返者
进入我们无法知晓的地域所以,「理智」能使我们成为懦夫
而「顾虑」能使我们本来辉煌之心志变得黯然无光, 像个病夫
再之, 这些更能坏大事, 乱大谋, 使它们失去魄力。
Hamlet P8
1. Why is sleep so frightening, according to Hamlet, since it can “end” the heartache and the thousand natural shocks”?
Nobody can predict what he will dream of after he falls asleep. Death means the end of life, you may go to or unknown world and you can’eback. If he dies, Hamlet’s can't realize his will. Though “sleep” can end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks, it is a state of mind. Hamlet didn’t know at all. He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long “dream”. He can’t predict what will happen in the sleep, may be good may be evil.
2. Why would people rather bear all the sufferings of the world instead of choosing death to get rid of them, according to Hamlet?
Death is so mysterious that nobody knows what death will bring to us. Maybe bitter sufferings, great pains, heartbreaking stories… Because people hold the same idea "to grunt and sweat under a weary li