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　　Abstract: Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written between 1599 and 1601. The play describes how the Prince Hamlet take revenge on his uncle Claudius. In the process of his revenge, Prince Hamlet has eventually formed a unique personality under that circumstance.
　　摘 要：莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》创作于1599至1601年，描述了哈姆雷特王子如何对其叔叔复仇的悲剧故事。在其复仇的过程中，哈姆雷特王子独特的性格渐渐形成。
　　Keywords: personality；Prince Hamlet；William Shakespeare
　　关键词：性格；哈姆雷特；莎士比亚
　　作者简介：何春燕，女，出生于1991年2月；籍贯：云南；学历：本科；研究方向：英语。
　　[中图分类号]：I106 [文献标识码]：A
　　[文章编号]：1002-2139(2012)-16-00-01
　　Introduction
　　Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. This paly is set in the Kingdom of Denmark, describes how Prince Hamlet takes revenge on his uncle Claudius for two main reasons. The first reason is Claudius’s murdering of Prince Hamlet’s father—the old King Hamlet, and the second reason is Claudius’s usurping the throne and remarrying Prince Hamlet’s mother—Queen Gertrude. This essay will firstly discuss Claudius’s influence on the formation of Hamlet’s personality. Following, it will discuss the impacts of Gertrude. Finally, it will discuss Hamlet’s personal reasons.
　　Claudius’s influence on the formation of Hamlet’s personality
　　During the process of Prince Hamlet’s personality formation, his uncle Claudius has played an very important role. Since Prince Hamlet was told that his father was killed by Claudius, the combat between Prince Hamlet and Claudius was launched. Prince Hamlet was suffering after he realized the truth of his father’s death. Yet he could not take revenge on Claudius because the throne was usurped by Claudius. All that he could do is to restrain himself and not to make his uncle be conscious of his actions. The silent endurance of his personality was formed. Also, the repressed personality was formed.
　　Queen Gertrude’s influence on the formation of Hamlet’s personality
　　Seeing from the whole play, we can concluded that the most tremendous factor that has influenced the formation of Prince Hamlet’s personality is his mother’s remarrying to Claudius. Prince Hamlet treated his mother’s remarrying as losing virginity. His view on Queen Gertrude seems repugnant. He could not bear his Queen Gertrude’s remarrying and tried to persuaded her not to be tempted by Claudius. The ambivalence of Prince Hamlet’s personality was formed. He loved his mother, yet he hated her betrayal to his father. In his opinion, Claudius was an infringer. Claudius’s murdering his father and remarrying his mother reactivated Prince Hamlet’s desire to take revenge on Claudius.