一、引言威廉·莎士比亚是16世纪英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家、思想家。他是欧洲文艺复兴后期人文主义文学的集大成者,是世界文学史上最杰出的作家之一。马克思称赞他是“人类最伟大的戏剧天才”。二、莎士比亚和《李尔王》伟大的艺术家威廉·莎士比亚出生于1564年4月23日,他是一个富裕的杂货商的儿子。莎士比亚的父亲经营羊毛、皮革生意,还当过镇长。莎士比亚13岁的时候,由于父亲生意破产,莎士比亚的家庭没 I. Introduction William Shakespeare was a great playwright and thinker in the 16th century English Renaissance. He is a master of humanistic literature in the late Renaissance in Europe and one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature. Marx praised him as “the greatest genius of human beings.” William Shakespeare, the great artist of Shakespeare and King Lear, was born on April 23, 1564, the son of a wealthy grocer. Shakespeare’s father ran wool, leather business, also worked as mayor. When Shakespeare was 13, Shakespeare’s family did not have a business because her father went bankrupt