In every play or book that a person reads the characters are never perfect. They always have a flaw that causes a problem or conflict within the storyline. This is true for Hamlet's character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In several of Hamlet's speeches he discloses many flaws in his character to the readers throughout the play. These are aspects that have thus far only been able to be seen as fragments in other speeches.…
In William Shakespeare’s famous play, Hamlet, additionally known as the main character, begins with a noble mission to seek revenge on his father’s murderer. A troubled, intelligent, and loyal young man, Hamlet’s quizzical thoughts circulating his mind symbolize a side of every human being, if one allows the mind to wander off on such endeavors. His deep connections with words cause his reality to alter and since he constantly suffers from bereavement, eventually become suicidal. This road appears far too familiar to those who have shaken hands with death before. Although Hamlet never quite conquers the darkness, his fear allows even more weakness and flaws in his character, especially since he fails to ever realize the epitome of his flaws.…
Hamlet’s decisiveness ruins his life. He has the best chance to kill Claudius, but his hesitation just let Claudius go from Hamlet’s hand. “That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his…
You make decision everyday; whether it is choosing what you make for breakfast or choosing what you want to be when you grow up. It is natural in humans to make decisions and act on what they believe is to be true. This not only applies to humans, but authors use them in their books or plays to create different types of characters. In one of the greatest works by William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there are characters that make many different kinds of decisions that determine their role in the book. In the play, the protagonist Hamlet, after his father’s death, is angry about his mother’s hasty marriage to Claudius. He sees a ghost of his father one night and tells him that Claudius had murdered him. Hamlet plans to kill Claudius but he has trouble making decisions and throughout the play, his poor decision making skills bring downfall to himself and many others. Every tragic hero has a tragic flaw and Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to make decisions.…
Hamlet accepted the ghost as a spirit, and never shows the slightest sign of hesitation in this belief. What he doubts is the identity of the Ghost and the nature of the place from which it came. Is it truly his father 's spirit or perhaps the devil in disguise? "The spirit that I have seen may be a devil," (2.2.585-586) Hamlet had to be careful before acting on what the Ghost had told him. To do this he had the players…
The ghost in Hamlet is a manipulative figure who serves as a reflection of Hamlet’s perspective of his uncle. Hamlet is too distressed about his mother marrying his uncle and the death of his father for he himself to be considered reliable. As Horatio comments, “He waxes desperate with imagination,” portraying Hamlet’s desire to find something that may not even exist. Hamlet does speak to this “ghost” and confirms his own suspicions, as if this ghost simply existed to give Hamlet confirmation of what he already believed. This ghost also refuses to speak or be heard by anyone except Hamlet, putting into question its own existence. The ghost being part of Hamlet’s imagination is supported by Hamlet stating to Horatio, “My Father – methinks I…
A tragic flaw is the failing of a tragic hero, a character who suffers a downfall through the tragic flaw in mistaken choices or in personality. Hamlet’s tragic flaw, his incapacity to act to take revenge for his father’s death. Which leads to him and many others including; his queen gertrude, Polonius, Laertes and Ophelia, to their deaths. When the Ghost, his dead father, appears to him and charges him with the effortful task of taking revenge for his most foul murder, Hamlet is motivated to accept the challenge even though he fears to.…
Hamlet is plagued by self-doubts. In his second soliloquy, the essence of his true conflict is uncovered. He is committed to seeking revenge for his father, King Hamlet, yet he cannot act on behalf of his father because of his revulsion towards extracting that cold and calculating revenge. Hamlets self-condemnation takes several forms, including a series of imaginary, demeaning insults that he absorbs like a coward- he feels he has done nothing to take revenge on Claudius and feels like he lacks the ability- `unpregnant of my cause'.…
Through this excerpt, Hamlet discusses the meeting of his father’s ghost. He is unsure of what his father’s…
c.. Hamlet was able to keep his suicidal thoughts at bay and even though he did not exact complete revenge he was able to avenge his father’s death keeping his loyalty in tack…
Although this information seems ridiculous and impossible, Hamlet later sees this ghost with his own eyes. Since there is proof that others saw the ghost toward the beginning of the play, it is accurate to say the ghost is not Hamlet’s imagination. After Hamlet sees the ghost, he follows it and has a conversation with it. The ghost begins to reveal the truth about King Hamlet’s death. He tells Hamlet that his father was murdered and then says “…The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown” (I, 5, 24). After hearing this horrific news, it is likely Hamlet feels afraid, betrayed, angry and stunned. Hamlet later tells the others who saw the ghost not to say a word about what they saw and that he may pretend to act crazy. Shortly after Hamlet makes this statement, he begins to act bizarrely and speaks nonsense around everyone he comes across. Hamlet does state that he is going to pretend to be crazy; however, some readers believe he is not pretending at all. Hamlet may be pretending to some extent, but he is also likely to be suffering from an anxiety disorder, a depression disorder, or even a stress disorder. This is due to the fact that he just went through multiple traumatic events. These disorders affect the nervous system and cause people to act differently. Although no one…
Hamlet did not know how his father died before he saw the ghost but nevertheless was upset that he died and what made him more upset is that his mother remarried Claudius, who was his uncle, no more that a month later. As shown in the second scene you can see that Hamlet is still very upset about his father's death even though it has been two months since he died. In conversation between Hamlet, his mother and Claudius his mother says to Hamlet, "Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, / And let thine eye look…
Hamlet overthinking and over contemplating situations made a big impact on his downfall. His doubt clouding his mind rendered his ability to act rationally and immediately. When Hamlet is approached by the king's ghost, he doubts whether the ghost is his father or a devil, he says, “the spirit I have seen/may be a devil and the devil hath power” (2.2.627-629). He overthinks the existent of the ghost as he is uncertain that the ghost is actually his dead father or a devil playing with his mind. This influences his delay to kill the new king, Claudius.…
Hamlet’s rash decisions reflect his belief that conscience corrupts judgment and incites fear in others. Throughout his tragedy, Hamlet is faced with many choices, each with their own dire consequences. Until the end of the play, Hamlet mostly chooses to think for himself and his own desires, affecting nearly everyone in his path. Using his ideals presented in his “To be or not to be” soliloquy, Hamlet disregards morality and conscience in favor of his own personal gain, leaving misfortune in his wake.…
Hamlet’s tragedies comes from a number of things. Hamlet is already upset and angry over his father’s death. Not knowing who killed his father truly has him distraught. When the play starts you can tell Hamlet is in grief, to the point he wishes he was dead. Hamlet even thinks about suicide. “Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt had not fixed his canon against self- slaughter” (Hamlet, 1.2, 132)…