Hamlet
“To be , or not to be:that is the question”,this well know sentence let me be interested in William Shakespeare’s famous drama, Hamlet.
William Shakespeare, who is a genius in the history of world culture and the greatest of all English authors. This famous sentence comes from William Shakespeare’s drama, Hamlet. This drama is one of his great tragedies, it is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage . Danish history tragedy "Hamlet" originated from a literary works, the Danish history, which written by a historian in 12th century . In The Renaissance, a French writer adapted this ancient into a tragic story. Around 1589, the British stage appeared a bloody tragedy "Hamlet", it might be written by Kidd.Reference to previous works, Shakespeare gives his own "Hamlet" of great social significance, and created a reflection of humanism ideology.This drama told us a story about a prince who name is Hamlet.
It begins with the news of King Hamlet’s father of Denmark has recently died. King Claudius, who now rules Denmark, he has married with Queen Gertrude, she is the late King's wife. Hamlet is the late King's son, he does not trust the new King.Hamlet meets the Ghost of his father. His father reveals that he was poisoned by King Claudius and tells his son to revenge for his death but not to punish Queen Gertrude . His mother will be judged by God. Then Queen Gertrude lies for her son, saying that he is mad. King Claudius not believe it, so he decides to send Hamlet away to England immediately, and tell Laertes who is Hamlet lover’s brother that Hamlet killed their father. His lover Ophelia became mad after she got the news that Hamlet is leave and she dead.Hamlet escaped from England and came back, so the new King and Laertes plotting to kill him at a fencing match. Hamlet explained to his friend Horatio how he avoided the death planned for him in England and how to had Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed instead, revealing his desire to kill King Claudius. At the match Queen Gertrude drinks a poisoned cup which is prepare for her son unware then she dead. Hamlet fences against Laertes but cut by Laertes sword. Laertes is also cut by his own sword, and he explaining that his sword was poison tipped, and he dead too. Hamlet stabs King Claudius with the same sword, killing him and telling Horatio to tell his story and the truth to everyone.
A prince in our mind is always be careless and be happy, he has a perfect life and has nothing to worry about. But in this drama our Denmark prince Hamlet is a representative pessimist, he is very sentimental and indecisive. His words were acerb and cruel, he is so mean to everyone including his lover. He took a long time to thought about what should he do after he known the truth that his father is killed by his uncle and his mother was got married with his uncle after his father’s dead,his lover also dead after he left Denmark. His attitude and his expressions all can be concluded to the knowledge that he has taken in his university. He is studying in Wittenberg University, this school was the Europe’s center to run the thought of humanistic in renaissance .This thought clame humanity and object to God. With this
