The Meaning of Acting in Hamlet

摘要

With the theatrical metaphor central to its particular structure and meaning, Hamlet stands out among Shakespeare's plays of the theme acting. Urged by the references to the theatre, this study gives an insight into the fact of the aesthetic artifice which is also united in the characters, their actions and their feelings. In Hamlet, acting as a faithful art mirrors human nature and life becomes the only way for men to live the life.