英国文学选读hamlet
哈姆雷特英国文学赏析
哈姆雷特英国文学赏析Appreciation of English Literature——HamletThis story is about prince of Denmark Hamlet revenge his uncle,who killed his father, with his own life being end. In the first part of the story, Hamlet was anger for unchastity of his mother. At latter, the ghost of the old Hamlet, father of Hamlet , told Hamlet that he was killed by Claudius, and asked Hamlet to revenge for him. The ghost is a significant character in this story because it let Hamlet know the truth of the death of his father, and then the whole story developed around Hamlet’s revenge.In the second part of the story, Hamlet pretended to be a madman. He arranged a drama which was similar with the truth of the death of his father to evaluate whether the words of the ghost is true. After affirming that his father was killed by Claudius, Hamlet decided to revenge for his father. When Claudius was ashamed of his evil behavior in the garden, Hamlet abandon to kill his uncle in this time. Then his mother called him to her palace. Polonius hided behind the curtain to eavesdrop on the talk between queen and Hamlet. But Hamlet was supposed he was king Claudius and stabbed him with sword.In the last part, Hamlet had a competition with Laertes, but he didn’t know Claudius and Laertes had a evil conspiracy to kill him. At last the queen drunk the poisonous wine to died, Claudius was stabbed to died by Hamlet, Hamlet was stabbed to died by Laertes, and Laertes was also killed by Hamlet. In this tragedy, all people related to the revenge were dead at the end. Horatio, the friend of Hamlet was the only one still alive who knew the truth. Characters: Hamlet was the protagonist ofHamlet. Once this drama was wrote, many scholars and expert have studied what characters Hamlet has. Different people have different ideas about his character. In my perspective, he was upright, courageous, wise, principled, firm and so on.Many people think that Hamlet was irresolute, because when he had a chanceto kill the king Claudius, he abandon this chance. Some people think he payed too much energy in making decision to have courage to take actions, and he was just weak-headed. However, I don’t think so. Hamlet was a kind-hearted man,though he was a prince, having high and honored rank, he treat his friend with no prejudice. He hated to achieve his goal with devious ways, and also hated people who do like this. He will not do anything beyond his principle. Obviously, we can simply explain why Hamlet give up to make a sneak attack . Hamlet felt that if a man was killed when he confessed to the god, he would go to the heaven because his guilt was pardoned. What’s more, a devout Christian was pretty believed in god and their belief. When Ophelia drawn in the water, the clown had said a suicide man can not be burial according to the Christian ceremony. So I think Hamlet was a man with strong principle not irresolution. There is another evidence proving this. The queen talked with Hamlet in her palace following the instruction of the Claudius. When Hamlet became excited, the cries of Polonius hiding behind the curtain made Hamlet regarded him as Claudius, and Hamlet stabbed him to died. Hamlet’s behavior without hesitation can show his firm decision and strong power in actions. Unfortunately, who he killed was the father of his lover, which a principal contribution of the tragic end.Another personalty of Hamlet I intend to refer was hiswisdom. When he knew the truth of the death of his father, he was really sad and sorrow. His mind was seriously stroked and destroyed, so that he can not hide his mood perfectly. He came up with a idea pretending to be a madman. A madman ’s crazy and unusual action could hide the real emotion of Hamlet and secured to reduce the suspicion of Claudius. Furthermore, becoming a madman, Hamlet can observe whether Claudius did the evil thing secretly. In the drama, Hamlet had a large number of crazy actions and words, his faultless performance made everyone including the king and the queen believe in his mad. The drama Hamlet arranged exposed his wisdom in another hand. When Hamlet decided to go back Denmark, he tampered the contentof the secret letter, and let the king of the England execute Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, which also show wisdom of Hamlet.In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicted many characters having various characteristics. The king Claudius was cunning and shameless, he never lowered his vigilance to Hamlet and catch any chance to kill Hamlet. The queen was unchaste, flabby, indecisive but have a heart to her son. Her hoped Hamlet followed with Claudius to survival, and she took care of marriage of Hamlet. Ophelia is a pure and kindhearted but weak girl, she desired to love but submitted to her father and brother. Appreciation: “to be or not to be, it’s a question” Complying with the reality for surviving or fighting with the reality. Many people will struggle with this problem and be in a dilemma. In the movie Twelve years a slave , most slaves just went to be slaves and complied with their master. A few slaves were reluctant to be slaves and fight, but they just died. The protagonist seemed toabandon his past identify according his performance, but in his heart, he was always a freeman, and he looked for any hope to help him to be a freeman again, though sometimes the hope contained dangers. With his endeavor, a Canadian helped him and he came to be a freeman after twelve years life of slave. Solomon was one of a less number of slaves who be saved. Sometimes, the reality is pretty cruel, and cold. But living with a light can made people a litter comfort. This light can made the life seem a litter warm. Fighting with the reality is the best choice for Hamlet. We make a assumption that Hamlet complied with Claudius, forgot the hatred and unchastity of his mother, pretended to know nothing. Hamlet may really be mad, because he need to changeover his personality to achieve this choice. As a result, a man’s all choice depended on his personalities.Characters like Hamlet, I am still able to catch the essential points of Hamlet for the first time to read original literature works. Sorts of brief but classical dialogues make an impressive impression on me ,part of which have become famous proverbs being widely used till nowadays. For in stance, Hamlet’s remarks”to be or not to be,is the question”is constantly been quoted when modern individuals are trying to make a hard decision whether to give up or not. Having accomplished the work, a couple of leading of characters impress me deeply. Hamlet once is an optimistic, happy prince, while becomes heavyhearted after his father’s death and his mother’s over-hasty marriage. It rightly turns out a usual saying that a person’s characteristic change up to the circumstance to be right. I have great sympathy for Ophelia, a fairy kindhearted girl. She has to deny Hamlet’s affection for her in her situation and bear huge pain alone within heart. She losesher lover as well as his father. Therefore, she is driven into desperate states. She dies at last. As to Laertes, he is completely taken advantage of by foxy Claudius for his urgent mentality to average his father a bad ending. Claudius, a murderer and a poisoner, should be blamed for the tragedy. I’ll analyze his characteristic in detail. First of all, Claudius is cruel person. He uses such a cruel method that pours poison in the king’s ears to murder his brother when the king is in the sleeping. He also takes up his brother’s wife regardless of feeling of brothers. At the end of the story, Claudius does further think double ways to kill Hamlet. That is, to pour poison on both Hamlet’s cup and Laertess’s sword. Above all, he is rather cold-blooded and self despite that Claudius has done sorts of wrongdoings, he is still in upset. He comforts himself that his fault is past, and compares his doing to ambition, which is ridiculous. Claudius prays that god forgives his foul murder. Moreover,Claudius is doubtful and foxy. When Polonius concludes that Hamlet is mad for his love, Ophelia. Claudius doubts Hamlet’s madness and thinks out kinds of ways to test of him. When he knows Hamlet is not really crazy, he assumes that Hamlet is full of threats and some danger to him. So he is meant to send Hamlet out of the country and have Hamlet murder. In addition, Claudius takes advantage of others as his tool to reach his purpose. He lets Gratrude to talk with Hamlet and sends Polonius to hear their conference. Both Laertes and his father areused by Claudius, with ending of dying. Let’s see how Claudius persuades Laertes to fight with Hamlet. Firstly, Claudius announces that he is guiltless of Polonius’s death and most sensible in grief for it. He shows that he has nothing to do with Laertes’s father’s killing to get close to Laertes. What’s more,he wants to purchase Laertes with money, power. Claudius even promises to give his kingdom, crown and life to Laertes in his satisfaction. Of course, he definitely knows laertes will not accept. Claudius takes further measures to win Laertes’s father. These fake words come from Claudius. Finally, Claudius’s comspriracy is realized, he asks Laertes “will you be ruled by me”, Laertes agrees.Claudius urges Laertes to undertake the action with the words “to show yourself your father’s son in deed more than in words”. That’s how Claud ius makes use of Laertes step by step. Claudius dies and gets punishment what he deserves at last.Reading hamlet is quiet a valuable experience in which I understand a lot. The ending is miserable, all the main characters die, while it deserves thinking deeply. Self Assessment I choose the appreciation of British and American classical as the elective course this semester. I think it is a good opportunity for me to learn specialized knowledge about the classical British and American literature. Under the guidance of teacher, I can enjoy the good movies both classical and modern more in depth.。
王守仁《英国文学选读》(第3版)课后习题详解(第2单元 威廉
第2单元威廉•莎士比亚Hamlet1.Why sleep is so frightening,according to Hamlet,since it can“end”“the heartache and the thousand natural shocks”?Key:Death means the end of life.If he dies,he may go to an unknown world and can never come back.In this sense,Hamlet cannot take revenge on his uncle for his father,failing to realize his will.Though“sleep”can end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks,it is a state of mind that Hamlet doesn’t know at all.He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long“dream”.He can’t predict what will happen in the sleep,may be good may be evil.2.Why would people rather bear all the sufferings of the world instead of choosing death to get rid of them,according to Hamlet?Key:According to Hamlet,because that people don’t know what lying there waiting for them in the unknown world,maybe something more terrible than that in the mortal world.3.What,after all,makes people lose their determination to take action?Please explain in relation to the so-called hesitation of Hamlet.Key:It is the fear for the unknown world after death and the lack of confidence for the future make people loose determination to take action.Hamlet doesn’tknow what would happen if he kills his uncle or kills himself,so he is hesitated. However,Hamlet’s hesitation should be seen from a different point of view.The main reason lies in his concern for his nation.Hamlet is a true man.He wants to change the dark existing world,but it is beyond his ability,so he has no idea what he should do.He knows his death can’t solve the problems deeply rooted in the society.So he hesitated about what he should do as the prince of Demark.His revenge is not everything for him.And he clearly knows that the sudden death of king may cause some disorders in the country.Thus he is confused about his action.Romeo and Juliet1.What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the beginning passage of the selection? Key:Romeo compares Juliet to the sun.2.What is Romeo and Juliet’s attitude toward being a Montague or a Capulet? Key:They think that since their family names hinder them from loving each other, they prefer that the names Montague and Capulet have nothing to do with themselves and even give them up.3.What does Romeo mean when he says“Look thou but sweet,/And I am proof against their enmity”?Key:It means that Romeo loves Juliet so much that he thinks that the love canprotect him from harm and dissolve the hatred between their families.Sonnet181.How does the poet answer the question he puts forth in the first line?Key:The poet thinks that he should not“compare thee to a summer’s day”, because“Thou art more lovely and more temperate”.And,in the following part, he gives his reasons.2.What makes the poet think that“thou”can be more beautiful(fair)than summer and immortal?Key:Because the poet thinks that“thy eternal summer shall not fade”for they will be preserved and perpetuated in the lines he writes.。
hamlet英文读后感3000字
hamlet英文读后感3000字英文回答：After reading Hamlet, I was deeply moved by the complex and intricate plot, as well as the profound themes explored in the play. Shakespeare's masterful storytelling and the timeless questions raised in the play left a lasting impact on me.One of the themes that stood out to me was the theme of revenge. Throughout the play, Hamlet struggles with his desire for revenge against his uncle Claudius, who has murdered his father and married his mother. This internal conflict is relatable, as many of us have experienced anger and the desire for revenge at some point in our lives. However, Hamlet's indecisiveness and constant contemplation prevent him from taking immediate action. This hesitation ultimately leads to tragic consequences, as his delay causes the deaths of several characters, including his mother, Ophelia, and even himself. This reminds me of thesaying "Revenge is a dish best served cold," meaning that revenge should be planned and executed with careful consideration, rather than acting impulsively.Another theme that resonated with me was the idea of appearance versus reality. Throughout the play, characters wear masks and deceive others, leading to a sense of uncertainty and distrust. Hamlet himself wears a mask of madness, pretending to be insane in order to uncover the truth about his father's death. This theme reminded me of the phrase "Don't judge a book by its cover," emphasizing the importance of looking beyond superficial appearances to discover the truth.Furthermore, the play explores the complexities of human nature. Characters like Claudius and Gertrude display their flawed and morally ambiguous sides, while Hamlet's internal struggle highlights the complexities of the human psyche. This reminded me of the saying "There's more than meets the eye," suggesting that people are often more complex and multi-dimensional than they initially appear.In conclusion, Hamlet is a thought-provoking play that delves into themes of revenge, appearance versus reality, and the complexities of human nature. Shakespeare's timeless storytelling and exploration of these themes have made Hamlet a classic piece of literature that continues to resonate with audiences today.中文回答：读完《哈姆雷特》后，我对其中复杂而错综复杂的情节以及探索的深刻主题深感震撼。
双语阅读《哈姆雷特》节选
双语阅读《哈姆雷特》节选双语阅读《哈姆雷特》节选《哈姆雷特(Hamlet)》是由英国剧作家威廉·莎士比亚创作于1599年至1602年间的一部悲剧作品。
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Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies and possibly the most mis-quoted. It deals with the psychological torment of a young Danish prince, Hamlet himself, who is racked with murderous intent. Hamlet’s Father, the King of Denmark, is dead and the Ki ng’s brother (Hamlet’s uncle), Claudius, has married the widowed Queen, Gertrude. Hamlet is disgusted and cannot bear that his mother has betrayed his father’s memory in what he considers to be an incestuous manner. When the ghost of the dead King appears to Hamlet and fills him with a powerful desire for revenge, Hamlet becomes more and more desperate to destroy Claudius and avenge his father’s memory. However, despite this desire to kill his stepfather, Hamlet struggles to achieve his purpose and a series of disastrous events ensue. He mistreats his Love, Ophelia, who is so distraught by the change in Hamlet’s manner towards her that she is driven to insanity, the beautiful yet tormented soliloquies engaged in by Hamlet become increasingly desperate as Ham let’s rage and despair strengthen, and Gertrude’s belief that Hamlet is mad with grief is apparent when Gertrude and Hamlet Speak together in Act IV. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s greatest tragic hero and, while the end of the Play is inevitable, the unravelling of the story is a wonder. Each scene is rendered in words of poetic beauty that simultaneously delight and horrify. The play is still as relevant today as it was when it was first written and performed as societyis still troubled with political intrigue and deception, the hunt for bloody revenge, the tortures of a doomed love, and the cruelty of bereavement and loss. It is because Shakespeare speaks for humanity as a whole that makes Hamlet, like so many of his plays, universal. Hamlet is not bound by its time but transcends this boundary to speak to people just as powerfully as it did four hundred years ago.哈姆雷特王子是最近突然驾崩的丹麦王哈姆雷特与皇后葛楚德的儿子。
英国文学选读课后答案
英国文学选读Poems:Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1, lines 55-86)生存或毁灭, 这是个必答之问题是否应默默的忍受坎苛命运之无情打击, 还是应与深如大海之无涯苦难奋然为敌, 并将其克服。
死即睡眠, 它不过如此!倘若一眠能了结心灵之苦楚与肉体之百患, 那么, 此结局是可盼的! 死去, 睡去...但在睡眠中可能有梦, 啊, 这就是个阻碍: 当我们摆脱了此垂死之皮囊,在死之长眠中会有何梦来临? 它令我们踌躇, 使我们心甘情愿的承受长年之灾,否则谁肯容忍人间之百般折磨, 如暴君之政、骄者之傲失恋之痛、法章之慢贪官之侮、或庸民之辱假如他能简单的一刃了之? 还有谁会肯去做牛做马, 终生疲於操劳默默的忍受其苦其难, 而不远走高飞, 飘於渺茫之境倘若他不是因恐惧身後之事而使他犹豫不前?此境乃无人知晓之邦, 自古无返者进入我们无法知晓的地域所以,「理智」能使我们成为懦夫而「顾虑」能使我们本来辉煌之心志变得黯然无光, 像个病夫再之, 这些更能坏大事, 乱大谋, 使它们失去魄力。
Hamlet P81. Why is sleep so frightening, according to Hamlet, since it can “end” the heartache and the thousand natural shocks”?Nobody can predict what he will dream of after he falls asleep. Death means the end of life, you may go to or unknown world and you can’t comeback. If he dies, Hamlet’s can't realize his will. Though “sleep” can end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks, it is a state of mind. Hamlet didn’t know at all. He is frightened by the possible suffering in the long “dream”. He can’t predict what will happen in the sleep, may be good may be evil.2. Why would people rather bear all the sufferings of the world instead of choosing death to get rid of them, according to Hamlet?Death is so mysterious that nobody knows what death will bring to us. Maybe bitter sufferings, great pains, heartbreaking stories…Because people hold the same idea "to grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death-the undiscovered country, form whose bourn no traveler returns-puzzle the will, and make us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?” People also are frightened by the myths in another world after death.3. What, after all, makes people lose their determination to take action? Please explain in relation to the so-called hesitation of Hamlet.Conscience and over-considerations. He wants to revenge, but doesn’t know how. He wants to kill his uncle, but finds it too risky. He lives in despair and wants to commit suicide. However, he knows if he dies, nobody will comfort his father’s ghost. He is in face of great dilemma. They don’t know the result after their taking the action. Such as Ham let, he doesn’t know what would happen if he kills hisuncle or kills himself. So Hamlet was hesitated.Sonnet 18 P15我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？你不独比它可爱也比它温婉：狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践，夏天出赁的期限又未免太短：天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈，它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽：被机缘或无常的天道所摧折，没有芳艳不终于雕残或销毁。
英语戏剧选读-Hamlet
The Characters The Older Generation
Claudius (克劳狄斯): King of Denmark. Gertrude (葛特露): Queen of Denmark, mother to Hamlet. Polonius (波洛尼亚斯): Lord Chamberlain. The Ghost of Hamlet‟s Father
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《哈姆雷特》是文艺复兴时期英国伟大的诗 人和剧作家莎士比亚的最主要的作品。 19 世纪俄国的批评家林斯基称莎士比亚为 “戏剧诗人之王”，而《哈姆雷特》则是莎 士比亚“灿烂王冠上面的一颗最光辉的金刚 钻”。
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故事发生在十三世纪丹麦的京城艾尔西诺。丹麦国王在花园 打盹时突然死去。他的弟弟克劳狄斯接替王位，又娶原王妃 为妻，前国王的儿子哈姆雷特对父亲的死因有所怀疑，忧郁 过度，终日愁容满面。他听从好友的劝告，半夜跟出现在城 堡上的父亲幽灵相会，终于得知父王是克劳狄斯与母亲合谋 害死的。为了取得证据，他特地请来了一批戏子，在王宫里 演出一出十分相似的杀人剧，将父王当时被杀的经过表现出 来。哈姆雷特一看母亲与叔叔的反应，便明白了真相。
It has been performed and translated more than any other play in the world. Its famous “To be or not to be” is the most quoted phrase in the English language. Hamlet has inspired 26 ballets, 6 operas and dozens of musical works. There have been more than 45 movie versions.
英国文学 Oedipus complex—Hamlet
Essay of English literatureOedipus complex——feelings about Hamlet应用英语学院09级3班张柏璐090440321Oedipus complex——feelings about HamletRecently, I had read the script of Hamlet once again which have been glorified, researched and commented by innumerable people. As for me, though I had review the story with those past images, I was surprised to find out that I did have another feeling about this classical tragedy, especially when you reread it by using the theory of Oedipuscomplex.Once we suppose that in the whole Hamlet world nobody expect Hamlet himself was a psycho, we will be easy to make the conclusion. That he is totally into his complex. Since we follow the step of Hamlet, we couldn’t help seeing the contorted world through his eyes. Base on the hints in this story, we can consider others, both his uncle king Claudius and mother queen Gertrude seem like normal person, if such story happened in real life.Claudius was a totally old-time member from royal family who was full of ambition and conspiracy.And his behavior matched his desire.According to the standard of a king, I can’t tell whether he is insane or not. Maybe he has his unspeakable sorrow. But life has never been such a fair thing. Equal rights for everybody must be a joke since he can only watchingwhen his brother seated on his golden throne. Finally through his dirty trick, he got what might be called as dream or something.Because he is a man of noble birth, he had been raising up in conspiracy theory, seeing the dark side of palace. He wanted to protect his dream while die on it and got curses from everybody.Back to the main idea of this article, there are reasons that can explain prince Hamlet’s Oedipus complex.First suspicious event was the “truth” the Father Ghost told Hamlet. However, the ghost had turned up twice, but each time only Hamlet himself cantalk with him from the beginning to the end. Horatio, Bernardo the officer and Francisco the soldier had also seen the ghost at the scene one, but neither of them can talk to the ghost. And the second time he emerged himself when Hamlet queried his mother, the queen could not even see his figure. Maybe prince Hamlet hasn’t been totally insane, but he was going to be tortured into crazy by his Oedipus complex. The ghost may be the deep word in his mind, he need it to convince himself. After all, his career was prince, not like an official or other childe. It always is a dangerous job, not every prince can ascended the throne as easy as eat an apple.Second clue was Hamlet’s motiveless malignity of female which couldn’t be hidden in prince’s behavior and language. Right after he first got the message from his father ghost, his dubious girlfriend Ophelia refused to write him backand refuse to meet him anymore. And in the text, I can’t find the details that describe this process between shock newsfrom the ghost and his lunatic performance. This long blank time can make us image how negative his mental state will be after suffering this double shock.And at the pray scene, he easily give up the chance to attack Claudius. Every reader may have the same question why couldn’t Hamlet take his revenge promptly. Some say because his religious belief that stops him from doing a long-standing family feud. Others think it’s because his wishy-washy personality that makes him a giant in mind but a coward on move. But I still not get the understanding of his conflict. However, if Hamlet was really half as innocent as he was thought, then he would have killed his evil uncle at very beginning. HisOedipus complexmight as well interpret his hesitation. Not one can hundred present true whether he had a feeling at his mother queen but there may be such a disease can’t fall away from him. T hat isn’t to say that his uncle Claudius has carried out what are Hamlet's own unconscious wishes, so that he show the mercy to his enemy and fox himself. It means the remarry of his mother made him lost faith in women. Such perceptive realization entangled with his desire of woman that keep him under the harrow and at a loss.All the whole, the ghost had never instigate Hamlet to hurt his mother Gertrude, but his repugnance and loathing make him so sad and angry that he can just cover it by mad acting. In fact, we all can tell fromthe lines in the drama that the only murder was Claudius, the brother of old king while Gertrude had known nothing about it. Sadly, the Denmark prince hadn’t want to know it, both of them had made the same sin to his valet.As for the queen of Denmark, the mother of Hamlet, she was free from guilty. If we don’t wear a colorful glass to scan at her, then you will find that most her lines to her son were spoke with loving tenderness. Her loving glance has no different to others, showing the affection of a mother. His son thought her as a bitch who marr ied to her husband’s b rother. But he is a prince and she is a queen in the palace. You can’t treat either of them in the standard of a private citizen. What if Claudius chose to widowhood or followed the step of his husband? Will it be any help? Apparently not, she will lose everything she have had, the affluent and luxurious life, her social position and even her own life. All these, though meretricious and physical, have constituted the whole of a noble woman. Compare with thousands of concubines in our e mperor’s palace, she can be consider as a silly woman. Didn’t want to losing her meaning of life, she chose bend than break. At the end, she ended her life but not like what Shakespeare describe all is well that ends well. She died because her trust to the king and love and attention of the son. Those who are pitiful must have a cause for having sunk to their lows.A tragic prince, a wretched life, a sordid ending, neither any lover nor relative can be as real as the royal authority. Even in modern days, t hings doesn’t have much changes, we can’t tell it was this ancient foresee the future or the modern life fulfill what he write centuries ago. Or we didn’t have any essential changes over thousands of years.Only love can blind people. Hamlet kind of looks that way, who else can’t be. In the presence of love, everything feels so small. His tragedy born in love and die in love.His dying words were simply. he want Horatio to tell public with the occurrents, more and less, which have solicited—the rest is silence. The young passing life and personal feeling through his entire life are all contained in this meaningful silence. Horatio counted as the only light of survive. But will the true be understood by the world? Will the immoral be forgiven by the public? Will the animosity be mastered? It’s not hard to guess the answers to these pessimistic questions.My understanding, to be or not to be，is the same.。
英国文学选读
Commentary on the character of Hamlet in HAMLETWilliam Shakespeare, the most remarkable playwright and poet of England in the period of the Renaissance. "HAMLET" is a classical representative work of Shakespeare and is one of the four great tragedies of Shakespeare. This play creates many vivid characters, particularly the image of Hamlet is most well-known.To begin with, Hamlet is a intelligent and brave man. There are some reasons to support this .Firstly, he feigns madness after the ghost tells him that his father was murdered by Claudius. Secondly, when there is a theatrical troupe coming to perform in the imperial palace, Hamlet comes up with a great idea. He directs a play with his talent on writing to prove that his uncle was the murder. Thirdly, facing the contrast and difficulties in his life, he doesn't shrink back but choose to accomplish the revenge plan with more efforts.Besides,Hamlet is a hesitant man.Because Hamlet has dual-responsibility.One is to revenge for the death of his father.The other one is to give Denmark people a peaceful life.Being a son and a prince, he has to take all responsibilities. But due to the heavy responsibility, he doesn't believe that he can accomplish it. He couldn't decide to do or not to do for such a long time.Last but least,Hamlet is a man of melancholy.The source of his melancholy is disillusion of ideal. Because Hamlet is a humanist who is full of sweet hope for the everything.But he suffered a series of unfortunate and domestic misfortune suddenly: his father’s death, his mother’s remarriage, his uncle’s usurpation, and his girl friend’s betrayal. The harsh and ugly reality broke his happy ideal, and which led his humanistic beliefs were shattered.In short, Hamlet’s character is complex and profound and his image is distinct and great.。
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Language
Compared with language in a modern newspaper, magazine or popular novel, Shakespeare's language can strike contemporary readers as complex, elaborate and at times difficult to understand. Remarkably, it still works well enough in the theatre: audiences at the reconstruction of 'Shakespeare's Globe' in London, many of whom have never been to the theatre before, let alone to a play by Shakespeare, seem to have little difficulty grasping the play's action.
Dramatic Structure
Hamlet departed from contemporary dramatic
convention in several ways. For example, in Shakespeare's day, plays were usually expected to follow the advice of Aristotle in his Poetics: that a drama should focus on action, not character. In Hamlet, Shakespeare reverses this so that it is through the soliloquies, not the action, that the audience learns Hamlet's motives and thoughts.
Much of Hamlet's language is courtly: elaborate, witty discourse. Claudius's speech is rich with rhetorical figures—as is Hamlet's and, at times, Ophelia's—while the language of Horatio, the guards, and the gravediggers is simpler. Claudius's high status is reinforced by using the royal first person plural ("we" or "us"), and anaphora mixed with metaphor to resonate with Greek political speeches.
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This view changed drastically in the 18th century, when critics regarded Hamlet as a hero—a pure, brilliant young man thrust into unfortunate circumstances. Not until the late 18th century did critics and performers begin to view Hamlet as confusing and inconsistent. Before then, he was either mad, or not; either a hero, or not; with no in-betweens. These developments represented a fundamental change in literary criticism, which came to focus more on character and less on plot.
When he realises that he has killed Ophelia's father, he is not remorseful, but calls Polonius "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool.“ The Ghost appears, urging Hamlet to treat Gertrude gently, but reminding him to kill Claudius. Unable to see or hear the Ghost herself, Gertrude takes Hamlet's conversation with it as further evidence of madness.
Analysis and Criticism
From the early 17th century, the play was famous for its ghost and vivid dramatisation of melancholy and insanity. Though it remained popular with mass audiences, late 17th-century Restoration critics saw Hamlet as primitive and disapproved of its lack of unity and decorum.
By the 19th century, Romantic critics valued Hamlet for its internal, individual conflict reflecting the strong contemporary emphasis on internal struggles and inner character in general. Then too, critics started to focus on Hamlet's delay as a character trait, rather than a plot device. This focus on character and internal struggle continued into the 20th century, when criticism branched in several directions.
A courtier, Osric, interrupts to invite Hamlet to fence with Laertes.
Despite Horatio's warnings, Hamlet accepts and the match begins. After several rounds, Gertrude toasts Hamlet—against the urgent warning of Claudius—accidentally drinking the wine he poisoned. Between bouts, Laertes attacks and pierces Hamlet with his poisoned blade; in the ensuing scuffle, Hamlet is able to use Laertes's own poisoned sword against him. Gertrude falls and, in her dying breath, announces that she has been poisoned.
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The play, set in the Kingdom of Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet (Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father) and then succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude (the King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet).
Supplementary Parts to the Plot Summary
Gertrude summons Hamlet to her closet to demand an explanation. On his way, Hamlet passes Claudius in prayer, but hesitates to kill him, reasoning that death in prayer would send him to heaven. However, it is revealed that the King is not truly praying, remarking that "words" never made it to heaven without "thoughts”.
Finally, in a period when most plays ran for two hours or so, the full text of Hamlet—Shakespeare's longest play, with 4,042 lines, totalling 29,551 words—takes over four hours to deliver. Even today the play is rarely performed in its entirety, and has only once been dramatised on film completely, with Kenneth Branagh's 1996 version. Hamlet also contains a favourite Shakespearean device, a play within the play, a literary device or conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story.