Analytical Essay on Hamlet

Hamlet: Tragic Hero Hamlet by William Shakespeare, like any other tragedy, should have a tragic hero who possesses a corresponding flaw. However, the tragedy doesn’t have the necessary kind of flaw, but still it has this kind of hero. Hamlet’s story comes to a downfall like any other tragic hero’s, but it doesn’t happen because of a tragic flaw. In order for Hamlet to qualify to be a tragic hero, he must possess a tragic flaw, which he in fact lacks. Hamlet’s feelings towards his mother, which are genuine, poison his life and obstruct his actions; at the same time, he doesn’t understand them. This, actually, is uncalled for, since his feelings towards his mother were not the most important things in his life then. His feelings towards Claudius, for instance, were more important because of his relation with the mentioned character, which was really getting out of hand and would definitely contribute to the outcome of the play. Von Goethe discussed Hamlet not to have a tragic flaw, but being incapable of all the responsibilities heaped upon him by Shakespeare. The role to avenge for his father’s death was laid upon a soul that was absolutely unfit for the job. Hamlet was inadequate of the nerve that makes a hero which resulted to him sinking beneath his burden. Hamlet is only worried about his father’s death, which is subsequently followed by his mother remarrying his uncle who is said to have killed his dad. At the peak of his depression, Hamlet claims to be haunted by his father’s ghost which pleads for him to avenge for his death. Nevertheless, he is totally incapable of avenging for his father’s death. He just can’t