The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Danmark is probably the most famous tragedy in the world. The play is about the revenge of Hamlet, the prince of Danmark, whose father was murdered by Claudius, King's brother. At the beginning of the play, the ghost of King Hamlet appears and tells Hamlet that he was not dead in peace yet was murdered. Being clever and sensitive, Hamlet figures out a plan to test Claudius and finally proves the truth of King Hamlet's death. Claudius then decides to remove Hamlet by setting him into an unfair battle.
At the end, Hamlet succeeds in his revenge yet he is killed in the battle at the same time.
"To be or not to be, that's the question. " This line from the play has fascinated people for hundreds of years.
After I read this play, I still can not quite understand the meaning of the line. I can only suggest that the author suffered a lot from the society or his own life, and he tries to express that through Hamlet by giving him the characteristic of ambiguity. Besides, the way the author describes the characters' actions and feelings is amazing. The combinations of words are great works. I truly recommend you to read this masterpiece. It's worth to spend hours or even your lifetime on it.
hey hey you~it's interesting for me to read the topic about Shakespeare, a special issue that I had never dabbled in before. I wonder why you have such a specific interest, just out of curiosity. You definitely shared an masterpiece with us, especially those who have poor knowledge about literature like me. I think I learn much more about the great writter than before through your blog, and I look forward to see other famous works from Shakespeare.
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your friend Sabrina
I'm taking a course called "Shakespeare", and of course, i'll have to study the works of this great man. In fact I was not very interesting in this before I took this course, but after the first few class I found myself quite fond of it.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing me this great play of Shakespeare. As a person who has no sense of literature at all, your introduction gave me the motivation to start reading Shakespeare's works.
Indeed, even after reading Hamlet, I couldn't understand the meaning of that famous line "To be or not to be, that's the question" either. But I think your interpretation of the writer's thoughts and feelings is brilliant and reasonable. It really is an amazing thing that literature works can be the link between the author's heart and the readers'. Plus, it can express the author's state of mind while touching the readers' heart at the same time. After all, isn't it the similar principle that through the power of literature, Prince Hamlet touched the innermost part of his uncle's heart and thus prove him guilty of the late king's death?
Thanks again for sharing this masterpiece with us! I look forward to your next post!
Sincerely,
Your Classmate, Emily Chiang
I'm glad I make someone interesting in Shakespeare by the post I made though it's poor.I don't know if you have the same feeling as I do but I felt a little empty after I read Hamlet. The revenge was done, yet at the same time everything was gone. I just don't know that whether I should be glad or sorry when Hamlet finally get what he was dying for.
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ReplyDeleteI have read this great play of Shakespeare when I was a senior high school student. Actually, I wasn't enjoy it at all because the words in Shakespeare's story were very different from modern English articles. It was really too hard to read for me that time. However,when I read these book now I can truely understand the meaning. I can feel the sense of struggle that Hamlet had!
But I really confuse about one thing why the murder use the poison instilling into king's ear instead of his mouth?
You read it in English? awesome!!!I only read it in Chinese and I can hardly understand it. It's a pity for some of the beautiful combinations of words can only be understood in English.
ReplyDeleteTo your question, I think you have to ask Shakespeare himself ha ha! That's his style I guess.