Hamlet

Hamlet is a Danish prince of noble birth He was respected and well educated since he was a child. A carefree life makes Hamlet a pure and kind idealist and perfectionist. In his eyes, everything is beautiful. He doesn't know the dark and ugly side of the world. He believes in the truth, goodness and beauty of life and yearns for life. However, when his father died, his mother married his uncle immediately, and his father told Hamlet in his dream that Claudius had killed him. Between ideal and reality, he fell into a deep contradiction, his outlook on life changed, his personality became complicated and suspicious, and at the same time he was full of hatred and could not vent. Great changes also let Hamlet see the reality and darkness of society. He began to doubt family and love, and became hesitant and desperate. He began to become extreme, farther and farther away from everyone.

During the period after his father's death, Hamlet's thought experienced an important change. He tried to overcome his shortcomings and became very firm. He intends to fight back, even at the cost of his life. He began to really think about life "to be or not to be", which is a question worth thinking about.

Hamlet is a tragic hero. He always sticks to his principles. Even though he is full of vengeful anger, he does not abuse violence. His confidence in life has changed from confusion to firmness. In the process of tempering, he perfected himself through personal experience and his own thinking. In the process of tempering, he became strong, no longer hesitated and acted decisively. He will change his destiny through his own struggle. In the end, although I avenged my father, I was still victimized by a traitor for justice, and my wish was shattered. He died for justice, a great death, but also a pity.

Claudie

The current king of Denmark. He is Hamlet's uncle and succeeded to the throne after his brother died. The ghost of the old king told Hamlet that he was the murderer of himself. He deserved it, and finally died of revenge from his nephew.

Claudius is an ugly character in Shakespeare's works. For power, he killed his own brother, married his sister-in-law, and gained the status of monarch; At the same time, in order to cover up his crimes, he designed to kill Hamlet, and at the same time created public opinion in his favor. He is an extremely selfish man and a schemer. He didn't intend to kill Hamlet until he thought he didn't know the truth. He just wanted to make Hamlet depressed by the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother, so that he could get farther and farther away from people and lose his influence, thus consolidating his position. Then, after he knew that Hamlet had got the truth about his father's death, he began to kill Hamlet by various means. If a plan fails, he will try again. The wicked got what they deserved and were stabbed to death by Hamlet. Claudius' plot was one after another. He is very careful for fear of making mistakes. He is a very insidious person, but he never shows it. He is a hidden thug. He killed his brother and succeeded to the throne. He wanted to kill Hamlet, but praised Hamlet in front of everyone. Claudius's character is bourgeois image, not feudal monarch. In his eyes, his own interests are above everything else, and he can do whatever it takes to get them.

Joe Gertrude

Queen of Denmark, the prince's biological mother. After old Hamlet died, she married Claudius. In Shakespeare's time, this relationship was regarded as incest, which caused Hamlet's hatred. She drank the poisoned wine that Claudius preset for Hamlet by mistake and died on the spot.

Gertrude had a great influence on Hamlet. Hamlet's initial pain was not because of his father's death (he didn't know that his father was murdered at that time), but more because his beloved mother remarried his uncle just after his father's death. Jotrude is a woman who doesn't know what love is. All she needs is a man who can give her a stable life and queen status. She doesn't love the late king, lacks the loyalty of women to love, and can't stand the temptation. She can only pretend to be virtuous from the outside to cover up her betrayal of the late king. There was no alternative route open to her. She has no ability to live and think independently, and there is no personal reason. All she has is vanity. She hurt her children for her position and court life, and for her own desires, and she didn't wake up until she died.

Leotis

Polonius' son. Listen to Claudius' trick and compare the sword with Hamlet. Laertes' sword is a poisonous sword. In the fierce competition, they won each other's swords, and Hamlet left a blood stain on Laertes, so Laertes fell to the ground.

Laertes is a narrow-minded and self-respecting person. Although he is kind by nature, he can't stand incitement and agitation. His kind nature can still be affirmed. Judging from his previous rounds of confrontation with Hamlet, he has always felt guilty. But just when he couldn't stand the incitement, Claudius lost the ability of independent thinking when he was stimulated a little, thus stabbing Hamlet. But before he died, he woke up and told the truth, which was his repentance, but it was too late, and he had no chance to start again.

Ophelia

Polonius' daughter. She and Hamlet both fell in love, but all kinds of resistance warned the prince that their political status made them hopeless. As part of Hamlet's crazy revenge plan, she was mercilessly abandoned by him. Her father's death made her insane, and finally she fell into the water and drowned.

Ophelia is one of the most beautiful female representatives in Shakespeare's works. She is born beautiful and has a very beautiful appearance. At the same time, she has pure feelings and a kind heart. Hamlet cursed Ophelia because of her father's death and her mother's remarriage, but she really thought that Hamlet scolded her only because he was crazy, so she felt sad and sorry. Hamlet didn't know that his venting would cause the girl's sadness and even despair. When Ophelia learned that her father was killed by Hamlet, she couldn't bear such a blow and finally committed suicide. Ophelia is a typical representative of feudal aristocratic girls. Deeply influenced by feudal society, she abides by feudal morality, is conservative and weak, and takes family as the center. Although she worshipped Hamlet, she dared not approach Hamlet at the instigation of her father and brother, and was influenced by her father and brother to get in touch with Hamlet for information. The moral concept of feudal society and her feudal educational thought made her absolutely obey her father and brother. Ophelia didn't appear many times in the play, but she played an important role in promoting the development of the plot.

Comments and appreciation

Character image

Hamlet is a typical image of humanist portrayed by Shakespeare. In Hamlet, the conflict always revolves around the center of the prince's revenge for his father. Hamlet was born in the royal family, but he received humanities education at Wittenberg University in Germany, which was the center of the new culture at that time. He accepted many new humanistic ideas and concepts completely different from tradition and church.

Hamlet's humanistic thought is first reflected in his attitude towards people, his concept of equality between people and things, and his personality characteristics.

Hamlet once sang: "What a great masterpiece human beings are! What a noble reason! What a great power! What a beautiful instrument! What an elegant move! How like an angel! What a wise god! The essence of the universe! The spirit of all things! " The world is "a gorgeous tent" and "a solemn house decorated with golden fireballs", which shows the unique democratic consciousness and human brilliance of humanism at that time.

Hamlet is a typical scholar prince. He is comprehensive and aboveboard. As an artistic model, the advantages and limitations of humanism have been vividly reflected in his words and deeds. On the one hand, Hamlet is observant, good at thinking and analyzing, and has all the qualities of a thinker. He thought of universal suffering from personal misfortune and saw the turmoil of the times from the conspiracy of the imperial court, thus raising personal revenge to the height of reorganizing Gankun. He has asked himself countless times: "Who can change this' chaotic and upside-down world' except me-unlucky me?" This is Hamlet's humanistic worldview of transforming society. On the other hand, as a humanist, he believes too much in himself and attaches too much importance to his ideals. Although they dare to explore, they are often divorced from reality. Although they are loved by the people, they don't trust them and always isolate themselves. The theory of "good nature" is the ideological basis of humanism, which determines humanists' outlook on life and morality. Hamlet repeatedly delayed in revenge and missed many opportunities, which reflected Hamlet's humanistic spirit from one side, but better reflected his indecision and lack of courage. Kings usually don't follow the rules of the game. Hamlet was hurt by his humanistic temperament, which led to the final tragedy.

As a typical representative of humanists, Hamlet eulogized the dignity of personality with his tragic death, won the spiritual victory over the old feudal system and the dark forces, and inspired the struggle and unyielding fighting spirit of later humanist thinkers. As an eternal spiritual wealth, his lofty character, sense of mission and passionate ideological strength of caring for the country and the people will surely be cherished by people who love justice.

love tragedy

Hamlet is a masterpiece of tragedy. The love tragedy between Hamlet and Ophelia is one of the most important tragic factors. Their original pure love finally withered because of the pressure of the times, the use of bad people and the exposure of human weakness. In this emotional development process from deep love to losing control and then dying, it reflects the present situation of European society (the position of power in society and the corruption of feudal dynasties) and the flawed and even ugly side of human nature, which plays an irreplaceable role in deepening the theme, thus leaving a rich and colorful stroke in the whole British and even world literary history. However, it should be pointed out that Hamlet is, after all, a tragedy with the theme of revenge, and this tragic love is only an auxiliary plot in the story, serving the theme. Therefore, we should combine the whole script to grasp it as a whole, and we can't simply exaggerate its role.

the concept of fate

In Hamlet, Hamlet's attitude towards fate has changed several times, even seemingly contradictory. Hamlet initially thought that fate was changeable, neither promoting good nor punishing evil, but bringing disaster to noble people. Like Machiavelli, he cursed fate as a "whore" and said in a monologue that he would stand up against "the tyranny of fate". But after a "mutation", Hamlet turned to rely entirely on God's will. In view of Hamlet's initial strong dissatisfaction and anger at fate, this mutation can not but be surprising. Hamlet's view of fate changed before and after. What kind of thinking about fate is involved in the competition? Although Hamlet, who cursed fate, looked like Machiavelli, Shakespeare later showed the difference between them. By showing Hamlet's two views on fate, Shakespeare not only denied two extreme views on fate, but also showed an appropriate attitude towards fate: human misfortune is not attributed to any external contingency, but to personal nature and choice. Hamlet plays many roles at the same time in the play. He seems to be a philosopher, an avenger and a playwright at the same time. However, after suffering misfortune, Hamlet could not control his grief and indignation at first, and then complained about the injustice of fate many times. This is a big problem for Prince Hamlet of Denmark. Hamlet's outlook on fate exposed his shortcomings.