Real Tragedy Of Hamlet Essay

The Real Tragedy Of Hamlet

In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the death or murder of a character becomes very freuquent. Although many people die. It is a result of their own wrong-doing. You could almost say they deserved what they got. But there were deaths of people, that were due to the manipulation from the royalty. A good example can be found in the family of Polonius’. The real tragedy of Hamlet is not that of Hamlet or his family but of Polonius’ family because their deaths were not caused by their own, sinful actions, but rather by their small instigation of Claudius and Hamlet’s battle.

The first character to die in the play is Polonius. Eventhough Polonius often acted in a deceitful manner

Ophelia’s death is also tragic, because of her complete innocence in the situation. You can argue that Polonius deserved his fate because of his handling with Hamlet while he was mad. But Ophelia was entirely manipulated, and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish reasons, and games. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet is seen in Act II, scene i, when Hamlet uses her to convince his family that he is truely mad. Ophelia explains to her father, how Hamlet has scared her, causing Polonius to draw the conclusion that Hamlet has an "antic disposition"(He is quickly losing his mind). The way Hamlet acts in this scene with Ophelia, it seems almost that he is taking one last glimps of her, before he fully commits himself to avenging his father’s death. Hamlet is a mastermind, a evil man in this scene, as he uses Ophelia to scare her, to “use'; her as a courier of his madness virus. He knows that if he acts strange, or insane in her presence, it will slowly, but surely get back to her father, Polonius. Hence, it will get to the King. This idea of Hamlet’s worked, and the news of Hamlet’s Sanity in Question, spread like WildFire. In Act III, scene iv, as you may remember, Hamlet kills Polonius while he is hiding behind the curtains. This event causes Ophelia to become insane herself, and leads to her eventual death in a river near the

Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?'; He is asking Laertes whether he is really sorry about his father’s death or if he is just acting mournful without feeling mournful, almost insinuation acting. Claudius uses these lines to sinisterly lure Laertes into a plan to kill Hamlet, asking him what he will do to prove his love for his father, and sister. in Act IV, scene vii, lines 124 to 126. “Hamlet comes back; what would you undertake To show yourself in deed your father’s son More than in words?'; It can be seen, how easily Laertes is influenced by Claudius. With passion of his anger clotting his judgement, he is now distracted, and deceptable. He conspires to murder Hamlet, and in this attempt, Laertes loses his own life to the very poison that he kills Hamlet with. Once again, a member of Polonius’ family loses their life as a result of a conflict that they were oblivious to. Making Laertes’ death a tragedy as