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CHAPTER II
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It was past twelve o’clock when I awoke, and the sun was streaming in through the curtains of my room in long slanting1 beams of dusty gold. I told my servant that I would be at home to no one; and after I had had a cup of chocolate and a petit-pain, I took down from the book-shelf my copy of Shakespeare’s Sonnets3, and began to go carefully through them. Every poem seemed to me to corroborate4 Cyril Graham’s theory. I felt as if I had my hand upon Shakespeare’s heart, and was counting each separate throb5 and pulse of passion. I thought of the wonderful boy-actor, and saw his face in every line.
Two sonnets, I remember, struck me particularly: they were the 53rd and the 67th. In the first of these, Shakespeare, complimenting Willie Hughes on the versatility6 of his acting7, on his wide range of parts, a range extending from Rosalind to Juliet, and from Beatrice to Ophelia, says to him—
What is your substance, whereof are you made,
That millions of strange shadows on you tend?
Since every one hath, every one, one shade,
And you, but one, can every shadow lend—
lines that would be unintelligible8 if they were not addressed to an actor, for the word ‘shadow’ had in Shakespeare’s day a technical meaning connected with the stage. ‘The best in this kind are but shadows,’ says Theseus of the actors in the Midsummer Night’s Dream, and there are many similar allusions9 in the literature of the day. These sonnets evidently belonged to the series in which Shakespeare discusses the nature of the actor’s art, and of the strange and rare
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倾斜的,歪斜的 | |
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n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 ) | |
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v.支持,证实,确定 | |
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versatility
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n.多才多艺,多样性,多功能 | |
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acting
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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temperament
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personalities
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vt.具体表达,使具体化;包含,收录 | |
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ornament
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v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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mimic
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v.模仿,戏弄;n.模仿他人言行的人 | |
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immoral
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utterance
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n.用言语表达,话语,言语 | |
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impiety
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n.不敬;不孝 | |
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hue
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n.色度;色调;样子 | |
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indirectly
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adv.间接地,不直接了当地 | |
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n.命令状,书面命令 | |
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chide
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v.叱责;谴责 | |
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adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词 | |
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interpretation
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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entreaties
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n.恳求,乞求( entreaty的名词复数 ) | |
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dedication
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n.奉献,献身,致力,题献,献辞 | |
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n.生产者,父 | |
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metaphor
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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muse
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n.缪斯(希腊神话中的女神),创作灵感 | |
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adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的 | |
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besiege
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vt.包围,围攻,拥在...周围 | |
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深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕 | |
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vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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abbr.matrix of environmental residuals for energy systems 能源系统环境残留矩阵 | |
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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wilt
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v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱 | |
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v.(用火)烤(焙、炙等)( broil的第三人称单数 );使卷入争吵;使混乱;被烤(或炙) | |
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n.砖土建筑;砖石 | |
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posterity
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n.后裔,子孙,后代 | |
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doom
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n.厄运,劫数;v.注定,命定 | |
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immortality
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n.不死,不朽 | |
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vassalage
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n.家臣身份,隶属 | |
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minion
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n.宠仆;宠爱之人 | |
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herald
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vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎 | |
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vi.窥(刺)探,打听;vt.撬动(开,起) | |
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提及,暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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adj.赞扬的 | |
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吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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v.(使)改变方向,改变目的( swerve的现在分词 ) | |
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tavern
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n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店 | |
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wilfulness
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任性;倔强 | |
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applied
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adj.应用的;v.应用,适用 | |
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困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉 | |
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tragic
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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征服( subdue的现在分词 ); 克制; 制服; 色变暗 | |
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graphic
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adj.生动的,形象的,绘画的,文字的,图表的 | |
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adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地 | |
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dedicated
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a.假装的,不真诚的 | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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n.令人着迷的事物,魅力,迷恋 | |
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