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英文文献综述样本
英文文献综述样本
〔标题 Times New Roman三号加粗〕
The Literature Review
of
The M ystery of Antonio
Sadness’
in The Merchant of Venice
〔正文用 Times New Roman小四，倍行距，各段首行空
4个字符，书名用斜体加粗〕
Written sometime between 1596 and 1598,
The Merchant of Venice
is
classified as both an early Shakespearean comedy (more specifically, as
a "Christian
comedy") and as one of the
Bard's
problem plays;
it
is a work
in which good triumphs over evil,
but serious
themes are examined and some
issues remain unresolved.
In
The Merchant of Venice , Shakespeare wove together
two ancient
folk
tales,
one involving a
vengeful,
greedy creditor
trying
to
exact a pound
of flesh, the other involving a marriage suitor's choice among three
chests
and thereby winning his
(or her)
mate. Shakespeare's
treatment of
the first standard plot scheme centers around the villain of Merchant,
the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who seeks a literal pound of flesh from
his Christian opposite, the generous, faithful Antonio. Shakespeare's
version
of the chest-choosing
device
revolves
around the play's
Christian
heroine Portia, who steers her lover Bassanio toward the correct humble
casket
and
then
successfully
defends
his
bosom friend
Antonio
from