Tragic Flaws In Hamlet

Hamlet by William Shakespeare focuses on the drive of a young prince, prince Hamlet, who is driven to act out revenge on King Claudius for his role in the death of King Hamlet, Hamlet’s father, and the many who get trapped between the familial battle and power struggle between Uncle and Nephew. Throughout this tragedy, it is the realizations and the hidden truths that trap many of the characters for their ineludible death. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet and Gertrude are perfectly capable of hearing and seeing, yet they are deaf and blind to the truth of their circumstances. Their lack of sense eventually leads to their own demise. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses the senses, especially hearing and sight, to reveal the tragic flaws of both of these characters.
Gertrude is oblivious to many facts and ideas that are presented to her whether it is her avoidance of the truth behind her new marriage or the reality of Hamlet’s madness. In multiple instances, there are facts that practically fall into the Queen’s lap that would lead her to understand but she refuses to accept their existence. In one specific moment of this tragedy, …show more content…
Readers view Hamlet to be child-like in the way that he carries himself because he acts like a teenage boy but, in reality, Hamlet is a 30-year-old man. Hamlet is almost a reflection of Queen Gertrude because she too faces the truth with a child-like innocence. The childness of both Queen Gertrude and Hamlet differ in the sense that Queen Gertrude ignores the harsh realities of both the world and her current role in the battle between Hamlet and King Claudius. Hamlet’s childness sends him on an irrational goose-chase of a revenge plot that he is purely driven by emotion, all behaviors a man of his stature and age should not be associated with. Throughout the play, Hamlet is easily provoked due to his constant childish