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 …showed first 75 words of 1664 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1664 total…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.