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1. Hamlet’s Incomprehensible Soul

2. William Shakespeare is the founder of the whole Universe of Art; he possessed an
incomparable imagination and savoir vivre. The plot of his well-known tragedy of
Hamlet, as well as practically all Shakespeare's works, is borrowed from the previous
literary tradition. We were not reached by Thomas Kidd tragedy named "Hamlet» that
was presented in London in 1589 but it is possible to assume that Shakespeare was
guided by it, giving his version of the story that was for the first time told in the Icelandic
chronicle of the XII century. Similarity of this story to Shakespearean “Hamlet” plot is
obvious, however Shakespeare's tragedy is developed in Denmark only according to
the name; its perspective is far beyond the revenge tragedy and types of characters
strongly differ from integral medieval characters. The first performance of “Hamlet” took
place in 1601 at Globus Theater, but it was a year of known shocks in the history of
England which directly mentioned both troupe of “Globe” and Shakespeare personally.
The matter was that 1601 was a year of The Essex Rebellion when the growing old
Elizabeth's young favorite, the columns Essex, brought the people to streets of London
in attempt to lift mutiny against the queen, but he was grabbed and decapitated.
Shakespeare is the greatest poet in the history of English and its greatest reformer; the
word of Shakespeare is fresh and capacious, and the tragedy "Hamlet" is powerful by
its unique style. Generally it is written by a blank verse, but in a number of scenes
characters speak prose. Furthermore, Shakespeare uses a lot of metaphors for creation

3. of the general atmosphere of the tragedy. Critics note presence of three groups of
keynotes. First, it is images of an illness, the ulcer sharpening a healthy organism —
speeches of all characters contain images of rotting, decomposition and the
disintegration. Secondly, images of female debauchery, fornication, the changeable
Fate, supporting a subject of female incorrectness passing through the tragedy and
tragedies at the same time indicating the main philosophical problem — the contrast
between visibility and true essence of the phenomenon. Thirdly, it is numerous images
of the weapon and the military equipment, connected with war and violence — they
emphasize the effective party of character of Hamlet in the tragedy.
The act of the tragedy begins in Elsinore, the castle of the Danish kings. Hamlet is the
same character as Don Quixote, “an eternal image” that arisen on the Renaissance
outcome practically at the same time with other characters of great individualists …