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Tragic Character Results in Tragic Life 　　【Abstract】As one of Shakespeare’s the four famous tragedies， Hamlet is the most remarkable one. This article aims to analyze the tragedy aspects in Hamlet from the aspects of plot， character and conflict. In Hamlet， it described a disordered world where there was discrepancy in ideality and reality， and also a world with strong self-consciousness， which reflected the main parts uncertainness and complication in the period of Renaissance. On behalf of humanists， Hamlet confirms human’s value and dignity， and also the wisdom and power， but faced with the evil reality， all his dreams are destroyed completely. He just gets the spiritual victory with the cost of his life. As the mitigation of the time， Hamlet shows that it is destined for humanists to fail and result in tragic life. 　　【Key words】Tragic characters； humanism； tragic life 　　I. Brief Introduction of the Story 　　It is a story of a prince’s revenge for his father’s death in Denmark. After the King of Denmark died and young prince Hamlet who was making further education abroad came back to his country， Hamlet learned from the ghost of his father the fatal secret of his death at the hands of Claudius， his uncle， who married the widow， so Hamlet vowed to revenge. He began to pretend to be mad and break his engagement with Ophelia. To catch his uncle’s conscience， he arranged a play which was drawn by him. Claudius realized it and sent off Hamlet to England under the escort of the treacherous courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstein， to be put to death. On the way， he rose in the night， unsealed their murderous commission， rewrote it and sealed it with his father’s ring， having worded it so that they themselves should be the victims when they reached England. In a fight with pirates Hamlet boarded their ship， and was conveyed by them back to Denmark， where he told his adventures to his friend Horatio. Meanwhile， Ophelia died because of her father’s death and her love