Hamlet

Compare Hamlet’s idea of character defect to the definition of tragic flaw. Don’t forget that “compare” means to look for similarities and differences.

Compare Hamlet’s idea of character defect to the definition of tragic flaw. Don’t forget that “compare” means to look for similarities and differences.

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When the ghost reveals that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet discloses that he had suspected exactly this when he says, “O my prophetic soul!” What evidence is there to suggest the ghost is a projection of Hamlet’s feelings about his mother’s marriage to her brother-in-law?

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Hamlet ruminates about the evil nature of man consuming him with just a few drops of "dram of evil". Then Hamlet ruminates about the nature of evil and the small details that define evil. Will Hamlet ever stop thinking? Hamlet indulges in his tragic flaw of over thinking and analyzing things. Hamlet is well aware of this flaw; he spends a whole soliloquy lamenting about it. In the end Hamlet can't change his own nature. A tragic flaw is some flaw in the protagonist's character that brings down the protagonist as well as most of the other main characters. I think Hamlet’s flaw certainly matches the definition. His long drawn out plan for revenge ends up drawing more people into their eventual demise. You might consider characters like Ophelia, and Laertes in this context.

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