Japanese Translations of Hamlet

The topic of our presentation is about the translation of Hamlet. As you probably know, Hamlet is a play by English playwright William Shakespeare, completed around 1601, and is famous for being one of Shakespeare’s four tragedies. The general outline of the play is the story of the protagonist Hamlet’s revenge against his own uncle, who poisoned his father, the King of Denmark, and took his mother as his second wife. Through the famous lines of the play and the conflicts and feelings of the characters, it can be said that the play teaches readers the importance of reexamining their own lives and deeds.