Hamlet: The Tragedy Of William Shakespere's Hamlet

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William Shakespere 's tragedy of Hamlet is a story of revenge and distress involving Hamlet Jr, the prince of Denmark. The plot of the play focuses on Hamlet 's quest to avenge his father 's death. Hamlet learns that his father did not die accidentally, as the public believed, and that his Uncle Claudius is the one who murdered his father. Claudius then hastily married Hamlet 's mother and became king. Hamlet is an archetypical example of a tragic hero. He starts out as a noble and virtuous character and then confronts challenges that expose his tragic flaws which lead to his downfall. Hamlet 's tragic flaws are making rash decisions as well as being overly contemplative. Hamlet fits the profile of a tragic hero because he is presented with a straightforward mandate from the ghost, the spirit of his father, and instead of devoutly pursuing his father’s revenge he differs the task to a later time. The ghost convinces Hamlet that in order for his soul to rest peacefully, Claudius must be slain. With this in …show more content…

Although Hamlet’s reasoning has some legitimacy, it serves as an excuse for Hamlet to put off the murder until later. Linguistics research scholar Shivani Kaul offers her explanation for why Hamlet chooses to procrastinate throughout the play: Hamlet’s procrastination was the normal response of an over-speculative nature confronted with difficult practical problem. Hamlet is a man living in meditation called upon to act by every motive, human and divine by the great object of this life is defeated by continually resolving to do yet doing nothing but resolve. Hamlet’s assumed madness is a misfortune; instead of assisting him to achieve anything, it is one of the causes which tend to retard his action.

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