中文梗概：
在丹麦王宫里，四具王公贵族的尸体躺在血泊中，满面悲伤的霍拉旭向人们讲述了那惊心动魄的故事。
那是在几个月以前，老王神秘地死去，他的弟弟克劳狄斯登上王位，并娶了原来的王后，即他的嫂子。邻国挪威的福丁布拉斯王子乘机发兵，想报杀父之仇，并夺回割让的土地。
年轻英俊、正直善良的王子哈姆雷特，回国奔丧，父亲的死使他痛不欲生，而母亲的孝鞋还没有穿旧，就匆匆改嫁，他感到屈辱，气愤地喊道：“就是畜生也会比这悲哀得长久些吧！”“脆弱啊！你的名字就是女人。”
他对一切都失去了兴趣。哈姆雷特从好友霍拉旭那听说城堡露台上连续几天都出现鬼魂，好奇心促使他们在一个阴森可怖的夜晚登上了露台。原来那鬼魂就是哈姆雷特的父亲。鬼魂把他引到一个僻静的地方，向他诉说自己被害的经过：原来，他在午睡时，被自己的弟弟用毒药灌进耳朵而亡，他要哈姆雷特替他报仇。怒火中烧的哈姆雷特从此对一切都失去了兴趣，他失了一切旧的记忆，只让失复仇大事留在脑海中。
哈姆雷特疯狂地爱上了首相的女儿奥菲利亚，而世故的波洛涅斯阻止女儿和他来往。一天，哈姆雷特突然找到她，在她面前做出了许多癫狂的举动。从此，宫中谁都知道王子为爱情而发疯了。
老奸巨滑的国王克劳狄斯心怀鬼态，派哈姆雷特的的好友波洛涅斯和他的情人奥菲利亚去试探王子的心。其实，哈姆雷特并没有疯，只是性格忧郁、优柔寡断的他看透了人世间的丑恶，不肯轻易的相信别人。他便开始对一切都产生怀疑，甚至对鬼魂的话也产生怀疑，是真？是假？对母亲又恨又爱，对鬼魂将信将疑，对生活是生存，还是毁灭？是忍受命运的折磨，还是反抗人世的苦难？仇恨一直吞啮着他的心，复仇的信念始终一忘，可他总感到敌人是那么的强大，而自己又是那么的弱小，他为不能替父报仇而感到痛心疾首。矛盾重重的哈姆雷特在焦灼的内心和冷酷的现实之间不得安宁，濒于疯狂，他索性半真半假地装起疯来。他终于明白了：世界是污浊的瘴气的集合，是长满恶毒莠草的荒园，世界就是一座大监狱，而丹麦就是其中最坏的一间。
一个戏班到宫中献艺。哈姆雷特趁机安排他们上演《贡扎古之死》，加了几段情节，把戏名改成《捕鼠机》。台上，国王的侄子把毒药灌入国王的耳朵谋害了他，夺走了王后。台下，做贼心虚的克劳狄斯大惊失色，起身就走，哈姆雷特证实了鬼魂的话。当天晚上，哈姆雷特在去见母亲的途中，突窥见了克劳狄斯正在祈祝寿。他想趁机杀了他，但因为他怕在他祈祷时杀了他，会使他的灵魂升上了天堂，而没有下手。
哈姆雷特来到母亲的卧室，母亲劝他不要再疯狂下去了。哈姆雷特怒火中烧，他猛地拿起镜子，要母亲照照自己的灵魂。这时帐后突然有人惊呼起来，哈姆雷特以为那偷听者是奸王，一剑刺激过去倒在地上的却是波洛涅斯。他痛诉母亲失去了理智，当了情欲的奴隶，违背了同父亲的誓言，玷污了贞节，亵渎了爱情。此时鬼魂又出现了，他一面鼓励王子坚定复仇的决心，一面让王子安慰他正在内心冲突中惊惶失措的母后。
克劳狄斯以波洛涅斯的死为借口，将王子送往英国。秘密地嘱咐英王将王子处诀。王子在途中偷拆开了信件，知道了其中的秘密，于是偷改了信。第二天他们遇到了海盗袭击，哈姆雷特在混战中跳上了海盗船，后偷偷潜回国内，找到霍拉旭，把一切都告诉了他。
王子的出走与父亲死，使善良的奥菲利亚精神失常。她终日游荡，采花、唱歌，有一天，她想把花冠戴上枝梢，身下的树枝断了，她落入河中溺水而亡。她的哥哥雷欧提斯从国外回来，煽动民众攻打王宫，要为父亲和妹妹报仇。老奸巨滑的克劳狄斯把一切都推到哈姆雷特身上。他们得知哈姆雷特回国，便定计谋害他。
哈姆雷特让霍拉旭陪他去王宫，途经墓地时，就赶上奥菲利亚的葬礼。看见情人的尸体，内心的悲愤一下子暴发出来，他失去了控制，冲过去跳进墓穴，与雷欧提斯在墓穴里打了起来。克劳狄斯唆使雷欧提斯用毒剑与哈姆雷特决斗。哈姆雷特不顾霍拉旭的劝阻，接受挑战。决斗开始了，哈姆雷特占了上风。在第一回合中，他击中对方一剑，斟上一杯毒酒，以示祝贺。王子急于进行比赛，就把酒放在一墨守成规第二回合中王子又获得了胜利。王后十分高兴地替王子饮下了这杯毒酒。雷欧提斯深知他手中毒剑的厉害，一直不肯轻易往王子身上刺。他在克劳狄斯的煽动下，一剑刺中哈姆雷特。同时哈姆雷特手中的也刺伤了雷欧提斯。
就在这时，王后大叫着倒在地上，中毒身亡。奄奄一息的雷欧提斯在最后一刻良心发现，当众揭发克劳狄斯的阴谋。王子举起手中毒剑刺向克劳狄斯，杀死了仇人，自己也毒性发作倒下去了。让把王位传给福丁布拉斯。 英文梗概：This is the sad story of Hamlet, young Prince of Denmark, whose father died two months before the story begins. Hamlet' s father was King of Denmark and Hamlet was his only son. The king died a strange death while he was sleeping in the garden of his castle. It was believed that he had been bitten to death by a poisonous snake. He was such a wise and kind king that he was loved by all the people in the nation. His son, Hamlet, of course, loved him far more than anyone else in the world.Hamlet was so sad and sorrowful that he never stopped wearing black clothes. There was something else which made Hamlet even sadder. His mother, Gertrude, married Hamlet' s uncle, Claudius, who was a brother of the late king. After Hamlet' s father died, Claudius became King of Denmark and married Gertrude. Young Hamlet did not like him because he was not as wise and kind as his father. He was a man of unkindly character. Hamlet did not in the least want his mother to marry such a man. He became angry with both of them and came to despise his mother as well as his uncle. The bell of the castle was ringing. It was exactly midnight. Suddenly a ghost in the form of the late king appeared in the darkness. It looked pale and sad. Looking at the ghost, the two guards of the castle and Horatio, Hamlet' s best friend, were surprised and terrified. They wondered if something bad was going to happen in Denmark. They decided to tell their prince what they had seen .The next day they went to Hamlet and told him that they had seen the ghost of King Hamlet. Hamlet doubted it at first, but wanted to make sure himself. He asked them to take him to see the ghost that night. They agreed. Late at night Hamlet, Horatio and one of the guards went to the top of the walls. It was very cold and dark there. Some time after they got there, the ghost in armor suddenly appeared out of the darkness. As his friends had told him, Hamlet saw that the ghost was exactly like his dead father.He called out, "King, Father! Why did you come here out of the grave?"The ghost did not answer him, but looked at him sadly and made a sign for him to follow. His friends did not want to let Hamlet follow the ghost because they thought it might be an evil spirit and do something bad to him. But he did follow the ghost. While Hamlet and the ghost walked away into the darkness, his friends had to wait anxiously there worrying about his safe return .At the end of the walls of the castle the ghost stopped and began to talk to Hamlet, "I am the ghost of your father. I wanted to rule Denmark peacefully until you grew up and became king after me. But two months ago, while I was sleeping in the beautiful garden of the castle, my brother Claudius came and put poison into my ear. I was instantly killed. Hamlet! Be brave and kill him for me. But never kill or hurt my wife, for she is your mother. Let her repent for what she has done. That is enough for her. What I have told you is true. I tell you again. I was not killed by a poisonous snake, but by my brother Claudius. Never forget what I have told you, my dear son. Good-bye, Hamlet!"Then the ghost disappeared into the mist of the dark sky. Upon hearing this, Hamlet became excited and was even more furious with Claudius and his mother. He made up his mind to kill his uncle and let his mother repent for her sins.He was hesitate at first, he could not decide all of these things. Who was right, his mother or the ghost? He encountered the most difficult thing in his life. He should make a decision at last. Because his uncle seemly know his thinking and wanted to send him outside. And they may be kill him. So he pretended to be crazy and wanted to think over these things. His uncle send his officer and his most close friend to watch him and make sure whether he was crazy truly.he disbelieve anybody ,even his lover Ophelia. Unfortunately he killed Ophelia’s father then he killed his brother too. The tragedy became and at last they are all dead.Hamlet's "revenge" isn't so much simply the killing of the king, as it clean all the dirty things in the Danish court. And although it costs him his life, he succeeds. At some time, we all consider how much wrong there is in the world. Hamlet gives us a chance to watch an ordinary person consciously choose to say "No!"to the world's wrong. From the old revenge story, Shakespeare gave us a problem we cannot answer forever. I hear Hamlet saying, "So many people put so much effort into doing things that are not worthwhile. It's a bad world, and I am far from a perfect human being. And we willall dead in the end. But I am going to do something worthwhile, and do it right." I think this is the core of this play.中文梗概，转自http://hi.baidu.com/434ttherkjgb/blog/item/55f4f23350c8cb40ad4b5fd7.html英文梗概，参考一英文网站你自己删减阿，自己动手，丰衣足食。 |
