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Hello three astronauts, I'm Hu Ge, a reader.
I wish you a happy new year and look forward to your safe return. Today, I am reading to you Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Author: William Shakespeare
Survival or destruction is a question worth considering; which of these two acts is more noble, the silent enduring of the tyrannical poisoned arrow of fate, or the endless suffering of standing up against the world, ending everything in the struggle?
Stills from the 1948 film Hamlet, directed and starred by Lawrence Oliver
Dead, asleep, all is finished; if in this kind of sleep the wounds of our hearts, and the unavoidable blows of countless other flesh and blood, can disappear from this, that is the end we cannot ask for.
Dead, asleep; dreaming when we fall asleep; well, the obstacle is here: for what dreams we will have in that dead sleep when we have shed this decaying skin bag cannot but cause us to hesitate.
People are willing to be trapped in tribulation for a long time, and that is for this reason.
Stills from Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in 2015
Who is willing to endure the lashing and ridicule of the world, the humiliation of the oppressor, the cold eyes of the arrogant, the misery of contemptuous love, the extension of the law, the tyranny of the officials, if he can liquidate his own life with only a small knife, who is willing to bear such a burden, groaning and sweating under the pressure of a troubled life?
Heavy concerns turn us all into cowards, the red-hot brilliance of determination is covered with a gray layer of prudent thinking, and the great cause, under this consideration, will also retreat against the current and lose the meaning of action.
True greatness is not a rash move, but a generous struggle when honor is in danger, even for the sake of a small straw.
About William Shakespeare
Shakespeare occupies a special place in the history of European literature, the most important and greatest writer of the European Renaissance, so he is also known as "Zeus on the Olympic Hill of Human Literature", and Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's famous "Four Tragedies".
Shakespeare's immortality and eternity lie in his depiction of "human nature." He is good at reflecting his perception of human nature into his plays, fully demonstrating the complexity and secrecy of human nature.
Source: Guangming Literature and Art Review Channel (April 22, 2021)
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