YUAN Guan-bin 1 JIANG Yan-qiu2 (1. Harbin University, Harbin 150080, China 2. Kedong Yugang Middle School, Kedong County 164811, China) AbstractThis article discusses Shakespeares important position in the history of the world literatureintroduces his life and major worksexpounds his humanism reflected in his masterpiece Hamletand the process that his humanism was shattered step by stepsummarizes the works achievement in art and method of creation. At the same timeit also delineates the social significance deeplyand points out its limitation. Key wordsHamlet; Humanism