Human Condition In Hamlet

Known for his plays revolving around the human condition, Shakespeare recognizes the importance of creating realistic characters. His tragedies typically include a hero who has a tragic flaw, which eventually leads to his subsequent death as well as the death of those around him. His play Hamlet narrators the tale of the Danish Prince Hamlet who seeks to avenge his father’s murderer, Claudius, who is also his uncle. Unfortunately for Hamlet, Hamlet’s fatal flaw of procrastination prevents him from taking immediate action. However, it is not only procrastination that delays his revenge but also the human conditions of deliberation and intense internal conflict. Throughout the entire play, grief possesses Hamlet. Upset about his father’s death and his mother’s hasty marriage to his uncle, he clarifies, “How weary, state, flat, and unprofitable/seem to me all the uses of this world!” (1.2.133-134). He sees the world as an empty place as he lets his grief consume his mentally. His mother and uncle urge him to move on with his life, which only further agitates him. He believes that his mother and uncle never had any love for his father as they are married within a month of his death, but he accepts that he must “break, [his] heart, for [he] must hold [his] tongue,” (1.2.159) in order to respect them. Despite this, Hamlet soon
He orders Hamlet to seek revenge. Consequently, Hamlet struggles on how he should respond because he questions the validity of both the identity of the ghost and what he has been told. He admits his internal struggle when actors come to put on a show and he concedes that he is jealous of their abilities. He wishes that he “had the motive and the cue for passion” (2.2.486) that the players have when they are on stage. He wants to complete his task of revenge, but he struggles to have the mentality for