【正确答案】：
THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HAMLET:
THE PLAY IS SHAKESPEARE'S MOST DETAILED EXPOSE OF A CORRUPTED COURT —“AN UNWEEDED GARDEN” IN WHICH THERE IS NOTHING BUT “A FOUL AND PESTILENT CONGREGATION OF VAPOURS". BY REVEALING THE POWER SEEKING, THE JOSTLING FOR PLACE，THE HIDDEN MOTIVES，THE COURTEOUS SUPERFICIALITIES THAT VEIL LUST AND GUILT, SHAKESPEARE CONDEMNS THE HYPOCRISY AND TREACHERY AND GENERAL CORRUPTION AT THE ROYAL COURT.
THE CHARACTER OF HAMLET：
HAMLET IS NEITHER A FRAIL AND WEAK MINDED YOUTH NOR A THOUGHTSICK DREAMER. HE HAS NONE OF THE SINGLE MINDED BLOOD LUST OF THE EARLIER REVENGERS. IT IS NOT BECAUSE HE IS INCAPABLE OF ACTION,BUT BECAUSE THE CAST OF HIS MIND IS SO SPECULATIVE, SO QUESTIONING AND SO CONTEMPLATIVE THAT ACTION, WHEN IT FINALLY COMES, SEEMS ALMOST LIKE DEFEAT. TRAPPED IN A NIGHT- MARE WORLD OF SPYING，TESTING AND PLOTTING, AND APPARENTLY BEARING THE INTOLERABLE BURDEN OF THE DUTY TO REVENGE HIS FATHER’S DEATH, HAMLET IS OBLIGED TO INHABIT A SHADOW WORLD, TO LIVE SUSPENDED BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION, LANGUAGE AND ACTION. HIS LIFE IS ONE OF CONSTANT ROLE PLAYING, EXAMINING THE NATURE OF ACTION ONLY TO DENY ITS POSSIBILITY, FOR HE IS TOO SOPHISTICATED TO DEGRADE HIS NATURE TO THE CONVENTIONAL ROLE OF A STAGE REVENGER. BY CHARACTERIZING HAMLET，SHAKESPEARE SUCCESSFULLY MAKES A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION OF LIFE AND DEATH. HAMLET IS ALSO A HUMANIST, A MAN WHO IS FREE FROM MEDIEVAL PREJUDICES AND SUPERSTITIONS. HE HAS AN UNBOUNDED LOVE FOR THE WORLD RATHER THAN HEAVEN. HE CHERISHES A PROFOUND REVERENCE FOR MAN AND A FIRM BELIEF IN MAN'S POWER OVER DESTINY.  
【题目解析】：社会意义：莎士比亚在剧中为我们揭露了一个腐败的宫廷，这座宫廷是一个杂草丛生的花园，里面只是“汇集各种罪恶肮脏的幻想意念”。通过揭示无尽的权欲，篡位的恶行，暗藏的阴险动机及掩盖罪恶欲望的面纱——表面上的谦恭客套，莎士比亚严厉谴责了皇宫内的虚伪、背信弃义以及腐朽成风。哈姆雷特的性格：哈姆雷特既不是一个意志薄弱的年轻人，也不是一个空有思想的梦想家。可是哈姆雷特不具备当时复仇者那种头脑简单而又嗜血成性的品格，这并不是因为他没有采取行动的能力，而是因为他的头脑太复杂，多疑而又好沉思，因此每当他采取行动时总是以失败告终，这一切为他这个人物形象笼上了阴影。哈姆雷特陷入了噩梦般的世界，他不停的试探策划，同时要承受为父亲报仇这个难以承受的重负，哈姆雷特生活在阴暗的世界，被悬在现实与虚幻，语言与行动之间。他一生中总是扮演着悲剧角色，不停地探查着行动的性质，而最终却是将这种行动彻底否定，因为他性格复杂，城府太深，不可能将自己降格到传统中的一个单纯的复仇者。通过对哈姆雷特的性格描述，莎士比亚成功探索了生命和死亡的哲学。哈姆雷特也是一个人文主义者，一个摆脱中世纪偏见和迷信的人。他对世界的爱超越了对天堂的爱。他对人怀有深深的敬意，坚信人对命运的力量。