Is Hamlet a tragic hero? First let's define what a tragic hero is.
play that portrays a flaw in the character which brings them to there demise. In the play.
"Hamlet", Hamlet seeks revenge upon Claudius his uncle, for murdering his father. Through the.
course of this play Hamlet is very indecisive about killing Claudius straight out. He constantly.
beats around the bush and hesitates going through with the murder. First by bringing out the.
players, second buy allowing Claudius to figure out what he knew, and finally the third and.
biggest mistake was by not killing Claudius when he was granted a perfect opportunity to.
Showing that Hamlet's biggest tragic flaw is his indecisiveness about killing Claudius which.
brings him to his doom.
The first situation in which Hamlet's tragic flaw reveals itself is when instead of killing.
Claudius right away after the appearance of his fathers ghost, he decides to investigate further by.
bringing in the players to reenact the events that the ghost claims took place.
"I"ll have these players .
Play something like the murder of my father .
Before mine uncle. I"ll observe his looks;.
I"ll tent him to the quick. If he do blench, .
I"ll know my course".(pg. 119 lines 23-27 Act 2 Scene 2).
This is one example of Hamlet's tragic flaw. He decides to wait and see his uncles reaction to the.
play, instead of killing Claudius right away.
Claudius now knows that Hamlet knows something about the murder. He realizes that.
Hamlet is nuts and that he's got to deal with this problem before this problem deals with him. .
" Madness in great ones must not go unwatched." (pg.135 line 203 Act 3 Scene 2). Claudius.
realizes this because Hamlet admits that his conscience is holding him back from doing some.
awful deed. "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all". (pg.129 line 91 Act3 Scene 1).
During the course of this scene Hamlet contemplates suicide and that is what triggers Claudius.
suspicion of Hamlet. Once again proving he should've killed Claudius when he had the chance.
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KING Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius? HAMLET At supper. ... If Claudius does not stand on one side of a titanic conflict, his betrayal of Hamlet's father and Marriage to Hamlet's mother, do ignite one: Hamlet's conflict with himself. ... In the end Hamlet dies along with most of the principle characters whether they were duplicities against Hamlet or not. ... By the end of the play Hamlet has thoroughly explored the question but like Hamlet, it remains an enigma. ...
Hamlet The study of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been one that is very extensive as well as enormous. ... A critic of Hamlet once said, "a man set out to read all the books about Hamlet would have time to read nothing else, not even Hamlet." ... "Hamlet is the tragedy of reflection. ... For where Hamlet saw that "the time is out of joint," Hamlet himself was "out of joint." ... (Mack. 64) Hamlet begins his questioning with the death of elder Hamlet. ...
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