外國名著英語讀書筆記 The Tragedy of Hamlet

　　carrie was such an ordinary rural girl at the beginning of the story. sitting on the seat of a bus, she couldn‘t help feeling exciting at the sight of the metropolis‘ spectacle. she was impressed deeply by large crowd on the avenue, the spacious square or tall buildings.

　　far more different from other heroines, carrie was not a plain pure angel like snow-white, nor was she brave enough to be a heroine of revolutionist or even a reformer, nor was she so clever as to be a successful career woman who start from scratch.

　　what attracted her most, after her entering this huge metropolis was the incredible fineries, fashion shoes, smart handbags displaying in the shop windows, the jewellerys shining brightly behind the glass. she dreamed that one day, she could wear all of these, jogging gracefully into the most luxurious hotel with focused sights of admiration.

　　and this was not merely a dream. because she had large eyes which can earn others’ sympathy, even love. she had wonderful figure which can win others’ hearts. however, anything she got, anywhere she reached, had not come from her ambition. things happened, and then she accepted. that‘s what she had just done ? just to accept willingly from the bottom of her heart. she was not at all an evil woman who would give anything for the fortune or fame. however, she would give uo something for a better life when her instinct defeated her intellect.

　　that was carrie, a girl had her own desire, a human being just like many others in the realistic world.

　　there’s one sentence written in chapter viii:” when this jangle of free-will instinct shall have been adjusted, when perfect understanding has given the former the power to replace the latter entirely, man will no longer vary.” however, how many people can go that further.

　　and i want to quote another sentence to wind up my essay:

　　“in carrie ? as in how many of our wordings do they not? ? instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery.”

　　" hamlet " of shakespear is a classical representative work. this book certainly does not have the big difference in the superficial plot with the historical fable, spoke or the danish prince the story which revenged for the father, in which fills the rank smell of blood violence and dies.just like the dramatis personae horatio said: " you may hear to to rape massacre, the unusual repair behavior, the dark center decision, accidental slaughter, borrows the hand murder , as well as falls into suicide result." windingly elects the plot, tightly centers on the revenge to launch. hamlet wittenberg hurries back the home in a hurry from germany, is attends his father's funeral, enables him to accept, he not catches up with father's funeral, actually witnessed the mother and the uncle claudius' wedding ceremony, this had caused hamm the wright suspicion at the heart, added night above meets in the royal palace castle with father's ghost, the ghost sorrow sued, this pile atrocity was uncle hamlet the behavior, and wanted him to revenge for the father.to this, he started the difficult revenge course, launched the life and death contest with claudius. finally, sent out sword the revenge to claudius hamlet is a man with contradictory,he had many chances to kill claudius,but he hesitated,which reflects the religious thought poisons.