| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| ·A Survey of Shakespeare's Hamlet | 第13-15页 |
| ·Literature Review of the Reasons for Hamlet's Delay | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two READER-RESPONSE CRITICISM | 第19-24页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Reader-response Criticism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Transactional Reader-Response Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·Determinate meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Indeterminate meaning | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three THE REASONS FOR HAMLET'S DELAY—LOVEAGAINST HATRED IN HIS HEART | 第24-48页 |
| ·Hatred | 第25-30页 |
| ·Hatred towards Claudius | 第26-27页 |
| ·Hatred towards his mother's remarriage | 第27-29页 |
| ·Hatred towards reality | 第29-30页 |
| ·Love | 第30-48页 |
| ·Love towards Gertrude | 第32-36页 |
| ·Freud's theory of Oedipus Complex | 第32-33页 |
| ·My understanding of Hamlet's filial love towards his mother | 第33-36页 |
| ·Love towards Ophelia | 第36-40页 |
| ·Love towards himself | 第40-41页 |
| ·Love towards his friends | 第41-43页 |
| ·Love in his heart as a Christian | 第43-45页 |
| ·Love of life before the harsh reality | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four LOVE AGAINST REVENGE | 第48-51页 |
| ·Ideas about Revenge | 第48-49页 |
| ·Traditional ideas about revenge | 第48页 |
| ·My ideas about revenge | 第48-49页 |
| ·Hamlet's Pursuit of Love | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five ENLIGHTENMENTS | 第51-57页 |
| ·Hamlet in Our Daily Life | 第51-53页 |
| ·Love Is the Key to All the Problems | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第57-59页 |
| NOTES | 第59-61页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第61-62页 |
