Hamlet : A tragic mistake
Many elements are compiled to create a tragedy. These increments of drama consist of everything from the murderous villain to the fallen hero. One element that who significance may have often been overlooked is that of the "tragic mistake." In the other words, that one flaw, wrongful action, error, or "twist of fate" that caused all to turn out wrong. In tragedy the tragic mistake must occur or that the play would no longer be a tragedy. If that tragic mistake(s) did not occur, all of that death and torment caused to the protagonist of a tragedy would not happen and change the entire category of the play. Every play write that has ever written a tragedy has inserted one or several tragic mistakes at critical juncture of the play. Once that tragic mistake occurs an almost domino effect sequential acts begin and ultimately lead to the destruction of the protagonist, William Shakespeare has become one of the greatest proprietor of this mistake in the history of literature. In examining any of Shakespeare's tragedies, one must consider the way in which a "reversal of fortune" brings about the destruction of the hero. One of Shakespeare's tragedies seems to stand out as excellent example of the results of one
Hamlet is a play that concerns the murder of the king of Denmark and the murdered king's son's quest for revenge. Its main character, Hamlet, possesses a flaw that leads him to commit a grave error. This makes an individual second guess his own actions and often times take no action at all, due to his own irresolution. Hamlet, overwhelmed by guilt and self-contempt, remarks in a soliloquy the emotion this player showed despite the fact that the player had nothing to be emotional about. Claudius, through all of this, realizes Hamlet knows of his crime and plots to have Hamlet killed by first sending him to England and then having him murdered. Hamlet's flaw of irresolution essentially destroyed him. Hamlet escapes this ploy and Claudius plots again to have Hamlet killed in a fencing match. Hamlet, in a dying act, kills Claudius by making him drink poison. Hamlet's flaw of irresolution is shown after another soliloquy, Hamlet directly identifies his own flaw, remarking of his own inability to act. Claudius views the play and becomes very uncomfortable with the situation to the point of stopping the play and leaving. One has to admire Shakespeare's thinking, by creating this flaw he makes Hamlet a tragic hero, a character who is destroyed because of a major weakness in his character. After Hamlet's philosophical self-review, he thinks of Fortinbras, the Prince of Norway, and the action he was taking in fighting. Unfortunately, his thinking at that moment was only temporary. Hamlet observed that he himself had all the reason in the world to react with great emotion and sorrow, yet he failed to show any that could compare with the act of the player.
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