Hamlet's Melancholy Revisited—A Trauerspiel Perspective from Walter Benjamin
Hamlet's"melancholy"is re-examined from the perspective of Walter Benjamin's Trauerspiel.Hamlet's melancholy is not merely a manifestation of an individual's psyche,but a social and cultural phenomenon that re-flects a larger world of instability and disorder.It reflects Hamlet's keen observation of the complex relationship be-tween life and death,power and morality,and individual and society.Melancholy,in Hamlet's view,points not to solutions but to problems and contradictions.It leads people to face inescapable human limitations and tragedy.