ge of Hamlet. This, perhaps, is the most meaningful inspiration we draw from the long period of nearly 400 years.
Hamlet¡¯s hesitation of revenge, in my opinion, is not because of his lack in ability of action, but because of his melancholy. And his melancholy surely derives from his lofty aspirations of rectifying the world by eliminating the innumerable social evils besetting and enfettering human beings. But history didn¡¯t offer Hamlet any mature opportunity. This , according to Engels, reveals ¡°the tragic conflict between the inexorable demand of history and the impossible fulfillment in essence¡±. It is only because of this conflict that makes Hamlet hesitate and brings about the inevitable tragic ending.
In the 16th century, the Renaissance as an epoch of social and cultural development, which first rose in Italy, spread to England via France. Italian and French literature of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries became popular in England and were much studied and imitated. Shakespeare,
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