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    The Tragedy of Hamlet




    Arguably the best piece of writing ever done by
    William Shakespeare, Hamlet the is the classic example of a
    tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually
    dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet
    commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them
    Hamlet dies by getting cut with a poison tipped sword. But
    that is not all that is needed to consider a play a tragedy,
    and sometimes a hero doesn't even need to die. Making


    Not every play in which a Hero dies is considered a
    tragedy. There are more elements needed to label a play
    one. Probably the most important element is an amount of
    free will. In every tragedy, the characters must displays
    some. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny,
    then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the
    sad part is that it could. Hamlet's death could have been
    avoided many times. Hamlet had many opportunities to kill
    Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. He also had
    the option of making his claim public, but instead he chose
    not too. A tragic hero doesn't need to be good. For
    example, MacBeth was evil, yet he was a tragic hero, because
    he had free will. He also had only one flaw, and that was
    pride. He had many good traits such as bravery, but his
    one bad trait made him evil. Also a tragic hero doesn't
    have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies, the hero
    dies, in others he may live but suffer "Moral Destruction".
    In Oedipus Rex, the proud yet morally blind king plucks
    out his eyes, and has to spend his remaining days as a
    wandering, sightless beggar, guided at every painful
    step by his daughter, Antigone. A misconception about
    tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but it is
    actually the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, although both
    die, they end the feud between the Capulets and the
    Montegues. Also, Romeo and Juliet can be together in
    heaven. In Hamlet, although Hamlet dies, it is almost for
    the best. How could he have any pleasure during the rest of
    his life, with his parents and Ophelia dead. Also, although
    Hamlet dies, he is able to kill Claudius and get rid of the
    evil ruling the throne.


    Every tragic play must have a tragic hero. The
    tragic hero must possess many good traits, as well as one
    flaw, which eventually leads to his downfall. A tragic hero
    must be brave and noble. In Othello, Othello had one fatal
    flaw, he was too great. Othello was too brave, too noble,
    and especially too proud to allow himself to be led back to
    Venice in chains. A tragic hero must not back down from his
    position. He also has to have free will, in order to stand
    up for what he believes in. Finally, the audience must have
    some sympathy for the tragic hero. In MacBeth, although
    MacBeth commits many murders, one almost feels sorry for him
    and his fate.


    Hamlet is the perfect example of the tragic hero.
    Hamlet has all the good traits needed to be a tragic hero.
    He is brave and daring. One example of this is that when he
    went to England, he was taking a big risk. If his plan
    didn't work, he would have been executed He also is also
    loyal. His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so
    angry at Claudius and his Mother. Another trait was that he
    was intelligent. He was able to think up the idea of faking
    insanity, in order to get more information about Claudius.
    But Hamlet like all other tragic hero's had a flaw. He
    couldn't get around to doing anything, because he couldn't
    move on. He was a full grown adult, yet he still attended
    school in England, because he couldn't move on. Also, it
    took him a long time to stop grieving about his father,
    because he didn't want to move past that part of his life.
    And after he finally did, Hamlet couldn't get around to
    killing Claudius. He kept pretending he was insane even
    after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. The
    final example of Hamlet's inability to get around to do
    anything was that he was dating Ophelia for a long time, but
    never got around to marrying her. The audience was able to
    feel sympathy for Hamlet too. He had just lost his father,
    and his mother remarried so quickly that according to him
    they could have used the leftover food from the funeral in
    the wedding reception. Also, the audience could feel that
    Hamlet loved his parents and this sudden change was hurting
    him.


    In any tragedy there is a tragic hero, and he must
    possess certain characteristics in order to be one. He must
    have many good traits such as loyalty and bravery, but one
    bad one such as pride. Also the audience must have sympathy
    for the hero. A tragic hero also must have free will or his
    fate would be decided for him, and his death could be
    avoided. Finally, the audience must have sympathy for the
    tragic hero, or it wouldn't seem so tragic. Hamlet is a
    perfect example of a tragic hero. He was brave, loyal, and
    intelligent, but he couldn't move on past one thing, which
    led to his death. He had a choice of how he would deal with
    Claudius, and like other tragic hero's made a decision.
    Also, the audience was able to feel sympathy for the
    position Hamlet was in. These attributes made Hamlet the
    perfect example of a tragic hero.
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