Hamlet: English-Chinese Comparison Author: [UK] Shakespeare Publisher: Yanshan University Press

Hamlet was written between 1599 and 1602. It tells the story of how Claudius murdered Hamlet's father, his brother, usurped the throne, and married his brother's widow, Gertrude, and how Hamlet avenged himself on his uncle. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's "four great tragedies" and the longest of all his plays. It has profound tragic significance, complex character traits, and rich artistic techniques, and can be regarded as a representative of the highest achievements of the entire Western Renaissance literature.