| Near the beginning of Goethe’s career,
when his enthusiasm for Shakespeare was at once the excitement of new discovery
and a reflection of the championship of the human spirit in opposition to the
formalities of Neoclassicism, be happened upon the autobiography of Gotz yon
Berlichingen, a sixteenth-century robber knight who represented himself as a
defender of justice and righteousness in the midst of treacherous and
Machiavellian princes and nobles. Inspired by these idealistic sentiments, by
the new patriotic spirit, and by a strong Rousseauistic conviction in regard to
the goodness of the natural instincts of man, Goethe attempted to imitate
Shakespeare’s use of historical characters by writing a play about a rather
obscure figure in German history. Creating an authentic sixteenth-century
background, Goethe also projects something of the Sturm und Drang s A. too long B. well organized C. an illustration of good dramatic structure D. lose a sense of direction 我来回答: 提交
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