1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述包含参考文献）

literature review

gao huilian noted that from the dialogue between hamlet and the main characters in the play and several major actions demonstrated, we can conclude that hamlet was sober. firstly, after the dialogue with the ghost of king, hamlet didn't lose rationality. he asked his friends to keep a secret after the shortest time he restored calmed. then, he told his friend he would pretend mad in order to revenge. secondly, he abandoned ophelia whom he loved deeply. it is hard for him to make this decision. however, it was a correct and helpful way for his revenge. thirdly, hamlet keenly knew the purpose was not pure when rosencrantz and guildensten visited him. he talked with them used mad and aggressive words to get a real purpose: it was the king and queen let them to test hamlet. forth, hamlet had a chance to kill his uncle claudius who had not attendants. however he gave up, thought that it is wrong time to kill claudius when he was praying for atonement. if killed claudius, he would go to heaven and did not get the deserved punishments. last, when he was talking to his mother, he killed polonius who were claudius's accomplice behind the veil. ( 42 )

2. 研究的基本内容、问题解决措施及方案

methods and procedures of the study

in order to better understand this story, i watched different versions of movies, then i read the chinese version book. in this way, i could get familiar with the content of the novel in a short time. another modernized tool---internet did me a great favor, provided me with abundant background information. in my thesis, i needed to research the madness. madness was studied very deep-going in foucault's age. so the madness in this thesis mainly came from the perspective of foucault. without doubt, traditional libraries and e-libraries are indispensable. i summarized similar viewpoints of the hamlet and made a comparison between two opposing viewpoints, which aimed at my opinions. the last but not least, my supervisor helps me a lot with this thesis. she constantly gives some grammatical suggestions. reading books, taking notes, searching in the internet and the libraries, and discussing with my supervisor are the main methods of this study.

the thesis consists of five parts. the first part primarily provides the background information, including a general introduction of shakespeare (the era he lived in and the events of literature), the novel hamlet (reception and summary). the second part was the literature review and the purpose of the study. in the third part, the study firstly gives a brief introduction about problems of existence, discussing whether hamlet was real mad or not. subsequently, you find some detailed analyses about the madness and soberness elements and techniques in the study. the madness and soberness elements would focus on the figures and the literature form. last part would draw a conclusion, stressed the archaeology of madness and civilization.