Heros In Hamlet

Society today is arguably the most judgemental it has ever been. One can not simply walk down the street without doing something that causes others to judge. Judgment is primarily considered to be a bad thing and those who are judged the least are most often most liked by the members of society. There are few people today who are not judged at all, typically they are powerful, attractive, smart and think of others thoughts and feelings before there own. These traits are similar traits that of which a hero would obtain, but in society today what truly is a hero? Is a hero a person who dresses up in a costume, and saves people? Is a hero the person who does the right thing even when no one is looking? Or is a hero the person who is not judged by anyone because there actions are pure? All these possibilities might define a hero but truly a universal hero does not exist. In today's society, there are so many different ideas of what a hero might be it all boils down to the standards individuals have set for their vision of a hero.
One could argue that the actors in the play that proved Claudius was in fact a killer are heros because they didn't let a guilty man walk. Hamlet might also be defined as a hero because he avenged his father but he waited until he had facts to do so. However there are those who might say that Hamlet and the Actors are not heros at all, but in fact are the villains in that story because they either directly or indirectly killed someone. Both sides of the argument can be proved true depending on whom is asked and their definition of a