There are no.
more sobering issues than these which would catalyze growth in any human.
Hamlet's widely recognized hamartia, or tragic flaw, is his inability to.
make decisions on subjects with consequences of any weight. That he is.
aware of his stagnation in such situations does prove to be helpful in.
defeating this flaw. After passing up three oppotuities to entrap.
Claudius in the third act (the nunnery scene on which the king was .
eavesdropping, during The Murder of Gonzago, the scene in Gertrude's.
closet), Hamlet berates himself because of his indecisiveness: 'Why.
(must ) I live to say 'This thing's to do; / Sith I have cause and will.
and strength and means / To do't' (IV.iv. 44-46). Hamlet realizes that.
his strength and opportunity are of no avail until he feels morally right.
in following through on his vengeful task. Looking towards Horatio as a.
model of the Christian stoicism he needs to pull himself through the.
play, Hamlet comments on him: '. . .thou hast been / As one, in suffering.
all, that suffers nothing, / A man that fortune's buffets and rewards /.
Hast ta'en with equal thanks. . . .Give me that man / That is not .
passion's slave, and I will wear him / I my hearts core' (III.ii. 70-79). .
Hamlet must become like Horatio. He must learn that evil is a necessary.
part of the harmonious order that God created. When Hamlet can become.
impervious to the blows of fortune, his mission will be accomplished. .
The impending dark period Hamlet must endure is represented by the.
sympathetic fallacy of the state of nature in Denmark. Francisco notes,.
''tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart' (I.i. 8-9). This readies the.
audience for the appearance of the ghost which will represent the.
perversion of the harmonious order that Hamlet must restore. Hamlet's.
reactions to his father's questionable death begin to reveal his .
immaturity. Suffering from an unnatural grief over his father's death,.
Hamlet lets his immaturity be revealed when he says the death was 'a will.
