Tragic Flaw Of Hamlet Research Paper

The play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare is a tragedy based on the flaws of many characters and how their lives are affected because of it. The main character, Hamlet exemplifies the greatest flaw throughout the story. The fact that Hamlet deals with so much causes him to make careless and difficult decisions that end in his demise. Hamlet's main tragic flaw is his inability to act in situations such as, ending his life, killing his mother, as well as killing Claudius.
From the beginning of the play, Hamlet struggles with the solution to the news he receives regarding his father's death. He starts by thinking about revenge for his father but begins to not know what to believe and it plagues him. He cannot figure what the right thing to do so he waits and waits and begins to think ending his life would be a
He hesitates to killing Claudius because he doesn’t know who to trust or what is even real at times. When the ghost appears to seek revenge of his death Hamlet wants to do what is right but doesn’t know if he is being tricked or not. Since he begins to doubt that the ghost is real; he stages a plan to confirm his suspicions about Claudius: " The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscious of the King"(2.2.616-617). Hamlet cannot act without being certain that Claudius murdered his father. The play is a direct mirror of what the ghost claims happened to King Hamlet. When the play got to the murder scene Claudius stopped the play; therefor confirming his suspicion that Claudius murdered his father. Now that Hamlet knows what he must do he has a great opportunity to kill Claudius while he is praying. However Hamlet fails to kill him because he believes it would be hire and salary, not revenge. It is ironic that the revenge would have actually been completed because Claudius was not truly