CAJ | 학술논문

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's the four famous tragedies, which represents the supreme art achievements of Shakespeare. It is also the sign of the maturation in the art of Shakespeare's play. The hero is one of controversial images in the history of foreign literature. Many things about Hamlet still remains puzzles, one of which is what causes Hamlet the end of tragedy. This article aims to analyze the cause of tragedy in Hamlet. The struggle between Hamlet and Claudius is about the conflict between the newly emerged capital humanists and the feudal evil force, which reflects the humanists' hardship for their dreams to come true. As the essence of Renaissance, humanism is a newly emerged thought at that time. On behalf of humanists, Hamlet confirms human's value and dignity, and also the wisdom and power, but in front of the evil reality, all his dreams are destroyed completely. He just gets the spiritual victory at the expense of his life.