Hamlet’s Tragic Flaw
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Shakespeares Hamlet is a play written to make the reader or director think for himself and create what he thinks to be Hamlets tragic flaw come alive. Any argument could be well supported or demolished on quotes and actions from the text and ones interpretation of these. The bottom line is not what is Hamlets tragic flaw, but what tragic flaw can best be supported by the reader.
Hamlets tragic flaw is his inconsistent approach to problems. In the scenarios that may call for quick, decisive behavior, Hamlet ruminates. An example of this is seen in Act III, iii when Hamlet has his knife over the head of Claudius, prepared to murdered him, and he talks himself out of it. Another example of this is the play put on by Hamlet in Act III, ii when he wants to have proof of his fathers murder by Claudius. In reality, all Hamlet needs to do is act on the ghosts words.
In those scenarios that require thorough contemplation, Hamlet is impulsive. An example of this is seen when hears a “rat” listening in on his dialogue with his mother in Act III, iv. Without the necessary thought, Hamlet draws his sword and kills Polonius. Another example to support this premise is in Act