莎士比亚是伟大的剧作家,他的作品虽出现在君主专制、宗教统治时期,然而却也实现了一定程度上的社会、政治、精神上的自由。然而这些自由并不是天马行空毫无局限的;它受到了政治、宗教等方面的限制。斯蒂芬·格林布拉特在《莎士比亚的自由》中试图从美、仇恨、权力和自由四个方面,向我们阐释莎士比亚作品中局限与自由的关系,揭示这局限与自由背后的社会文化逻辑。 Shakespeare is a great playwright. Although his works appeared during monarchy and religious rule, they also achieved some social, political and spiritual freedom. However, these freedoms are not without limits; they are subject to political and religious restrictions. Stephen Greenblatt attempts to explain to us the relationship between limitation and freedom in Shakespeare works in the “Shakespearean Freedom” from the aspects of beauty, hatred, power and freedom, and reveals the social and cultural logic behind the limitation and freedom.