Author(s)

Juan Wang

Corresponding Author

Juan Wang

ABSTRACT

in the paper, hamlet’s contradictory personality is analyzed from the perspective of freudian personality theory. Based on the theory, hamlet’s personality will be analyzed from the four aspects: his revenge, his attitude towards his mother, his affection to ophelia and friendship. Hamlet’s contradictory personality was the inevitable result produced by three contradictory elements of his personality: id, ego and superego. The thesis is aimed to provide a new interpretation of hamlet’s personality and to expand the research angle of psychoanalysis in classic literature works.

KEYWORDS

Hamlet, Personality, Freudian Personality Theory