Hamlet

             How Hamlet Contributes in Some Measure to the Disaster in Which He Perishes
             It is said that, "the hero in a Shakespearean play always contributes in some measure to the disaster in which he perishes."" This is very true of the play called Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet, the main character, falls directly into the elements of a tragedy, which results in several deaths, including his own.
             Hamlet's contribution to his death was the result of several factors; including procrastination, lack of knowledge, being blind to his actions, being a scapegoat, and making mistakes because he is human and it is human nature to.
             One of Hamlet's first mistakes was pretending to be mad once he found how his father was murdered. Through this he was forced to verbally abuse his love, Ophelia, which resulted in a loss of their relationship as a loving couple. It was the only way Hamlet could continue his fake madness, and make it believable to anyone who it concerned. It was this simple decision that started the flow of terrible mistakes, and began a chain reaction of unavoidable consequences.
             After this took place, Hamlet made a clever, but dangerous decision to have a play put on about his fathers death, and to show in front of Claudius and Gertrude in order to reveal whether or not Claudius truly was guilty of King Hamlet's death. This decision was clever in the sense that he would finally know the truth about Claudius' guiltiness, but it was dangerous in the sense that this could make Claudius uneasy enough to follow through with sending Hamlet to England in order to be murdered so that his secret is keep. This is one of the examples of Hamlet being blind to his actions and well as lack of knowledge, because he was so focused on revealing Claudius' guiltiness that he didn't take much consideration of what the King could do in return.
             Fortunately Hamlet was able reveal Claudius' guiltiness to himself through the play, but this only...

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