HamletEnglishversioncourseware目录CONTENTS•IntroductiontoHamlet•HamletCharacterAnalysis•Hamlet'sClassicLineandAnalysis•ExploringtheThemeofHamlet•TheInfluenceofHamletonLaterGenerations•RecommendationoftheOriginalEnglishVersionofHamletIntroductiontoHamlet01AuthorShakespeareIntroductionWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616):Englishplaywright,poet,andactor,widelyrecognizedasthegreatestwriterintheEnglishlanguageHisworksareknownfortheirdepthofcharacterization,language,andinfluenceonWesterncultureandcultureBackgroundofHamletCreationHamletwaswrittenaround1600-1602,duringaperiodwhenShakespearewasexploringthemesofmadness,death,andthenatureofexistenceTheplayisthoughttohavebeenbasedonanearlierstorybytheDanishwriterSaxoGrammaticsOverviewoftheStoryofHamletHamlet,PrinceofDenmark,returnshomefromWittenbergUniver