Hamlet may not have been placed in the greatest of circumstances, but I believe he lead to his own demise. Although many things could have gone differently for Hamlet, his single most tragic flaw was his inability to act. In this essay I will discuss why I believe this was Hamlet’s tragic flaw. Hamlet expresses displeasure at himself for being no different than an animal that only has the purposes of eating and sleeping. He began to feel worthless in life if he couldn’t ever get himself to avenge the death of his father. Hamlet, in exasperation at himself says, “How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge. What is a man if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more” (203). He goes on
