RJ4.張均玄

Reading Journal4 CoEco 49780004張均玄 Name of the book: Tales from Shakespeare Story Name: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Author: Charles and Mary Lamb Publishing company: Penguin Group Year of publishing: 1995 The tragedy of Hamlet is about the revenge of Prince Hamlet. Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural experience, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates, murdered his father. Hamlet pretended being mad so that his mother didn't noticed what he had discovered. After one incident Hamlet was exiled to Britain. But somehow he returned to Denmark and took his revenge. Tragically his mother accidently drank poison and died. Hamlet finally took his revenge on the uncle, but only at the cost of almost every life on stage, including his own and his mother's life. The Tragedy of Hamlet is the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. But I believe every tragedy can turn out not to be a "tragedy". In the story of Hamlet, Hamlet's death can be avoided many times, but somehow he chose not to. By the same time we felt sympathy for Hamlet; I believe the author has more to tell us. It's that whether we carefully analyze the pros and cones before we do something. Everyone deserves free will, they can do whatever they believe in, but we should think twice before we do something stupid. Don't turn yourself into a tragic hero.