When a person holds a strong need of vengeance within himself/herself, it may cause him/her to lose their sense of coherent thinking. The idea of getting revenge can take over the person’s mind and body, causing them to lose control of his/her own behavior. This can lead to a snowball effect of tragic events and bring out the person’s hidden flaws. In the play, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, this was what happened to Prince Hamlet. Through the process of accomplishing the four commands given to him by his father, Hamlet is swayed in various directions because of his nature of wanting to understand the whole situation himself and his flaw, which is his imbalance in controlling his actions.
Due to Hamlet’s disposition, he is a person who …show more content…
King Hamlet wanted to leave Gertrude to God and heaven, and to let God judge the rights and wrongs of Gertrude. “But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven…” (page 1824). The ghost didn’t want to drag Gertrude into the issue because he wanted to protect her and believed that she was unaware of the murderous act of King Claudius. Therefore, when King Hamlet saw that Hamlet’s actions were getting way out of hand to the point that he is harming and scaring his poor mother, King Hamlet quickly appears before him. It is also during this scene that the reader gets a clear impression that Hamlet is no longer in a clear state of mind. He is now completely distorted from the task that his father has asked him to …show more content…
The play is “...in the strict sense a tragedy and Hamlet is a Christian hero whose tragic flaw is his failure at the moment of crisis to measure up to the heroic virtue demanded of him by the moral situation and by the ghost” (Joseph 119). The audience can detect that the reason for Hamlet’s tragic moments is mainly due to his imperfection as an individual and his inaction to various circumstances. This shows how he is vulnerable to fall into troublesome situations with a hard time getting out of
Due to Hamlet’s disposition, he is a person who …show more content…
King Hamlet wanted to leave Gertrude to God and heaven, and to let God judge the rights and wrongs of Gertrude. “But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven…” (page 1824). The ghost didn’t want to drag Gertrude into the issue because he wanted to protect her and believed that she was unaware of the murderous act of King Claudius. Therefore, when King Hamlet saw that Hamlet’s actions were getting way out of hand to the point that he is harming and scaring his poor mother, King Hamlet quickly appears before him. It is also during this scene that the reader gets a clear impression that Hamlet is no longer in a clear state of mind. He is now completely distorted from the task that his father has asked him to …show more content…
The play is “...in the strict sense a tragedy and Hamlet is a Christian hero whose tragic flaw is his failure at the moment of crisis to measure up to the heroic virtue demanded of him by the moral situation and by the ghost” (Joseph 119). The audience can detect that the reason for Hamlet’s tragic moments is mainly due to his imperfection as an individual and his inaction to various circumstances. This shows how he is vulnerable to fall into troublesome situations with a hard time getting out of