Hamlet Fault Of Fate

Tragic outcomes are often blamed on either fate and unforeseen circumstances, or being the fault of decisions gone wrong. The latter is very clearly seen in Hamlet, and how he is killed due to his own shortcomings. There is an example of his inability to complete the task he took upon himself to complete when he is watching Claudius praying and he has an opportunity to kill him. Instead he begins to think twice: “And now i’ll do’t. And so ‘a goes to heaven; And so am i reveng’d. That would be scann’d: A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven.” (III, iii, 73-78). As seen in this quotation, Hamlet makes the conscious decision of letting his uncle live, because he decides that killing him while he is repenting will not be satisfying enough. …show more content…
In the end, Hamlet agrees to fighting with Laertes which is when he is struck with the venomous sword. This tragic end that Hamlet meets is a result of his own incompetent decisions and not because of fate. On the other hand, Oedipus losing his vision at the end of Oedipus rex, is the result of the prophecy coming true. “O God! It has all come true. Light, let this be the last time I see