Reflections on the Hamlet¡¯s Delay in Revenge

Reflections on the Hamlets Delay in Revenge If there are a thousand readers, there must be a thousand Hamlets. This wide-spread remarktells us that on the one hand, different people may have a quite different opinion while looking at the same thing; on the other hand, Shakespeare¡¯s Hamlet has a hard-to-define topic. Hamlet, written in 1601-1602, was the first of the greatest tragedies. Though the chief elements such as the story of murder and …

…tragedy is pre-destined. Hamlet himself is quite aware of this consequence. His determination of shouldering the responsibility is somewhat diluted by the duty of a worthy son. He weighs his personal matter and the state affairs. This is the very reason for his indecision in his revenge. Hamlet is a many-sided talent of the Renaissance. His learning, wisdom, noble nature, even his tragedy are all representative of the humanists at the turn of the century.