A Tragic Flaw Leads to a Tragic Downfal

William Shakespeare's Hamlet concerns the murder of the king of Denmark and the murdered king's son's quest for revenge. Its main character, Hamlet, possesses a fatal flaw that obstructs his desire for revenge and ultimately brings about his death. This tragic flaw makes him a tragic hero, a character who is destroyed because of a major weakness. If Hamlet did not possess this flaw his death at the end could have possibly been avoided. Hamlet's fatal flaw mainly consists of the fact that he is uncertain on how or when to act. Throughout the play there are a plethora of examples of Hamlet's flaw. Four of these specific instances are when Hamlet sees a play and notices the passion an actor has, after Hamlet's third soliloquy, in Hamlet's fourth soliloquy, and in Hamlet's indecisive pursuit in seeking revenge for his father's death.

First, Hamlet's flaw is shown when he sees a play and the zest one particular actor has. A group of actors have arrived and Hamlet arranges a personal viewing of "The Murder of Gonzago" with a small portion of his own lines inserted. Hamlet then observes one scene of the play in which one of the actors puts on

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