Is Hamlet A Tragic Hero

A tragedy must have three requirements concerning the hero of the story which is the tragic figure with a tragic flaw. This flaw leads the tragic figure to his death and before he dies, he realizes his own flaw has doomed him but is powerless to alter his fate. Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare with tragic features.Throughout the story, Hamlet has proved not to be a tragedy. Hamlet not only realizes his fatal flaws of inaction, but decided to continue his chosen path. Hamlet is not doomed by his flaw, but instead he overcame it and decided to take a stance. In the end, the actions of other characters resulted in the downfall of Hamlet. He worked diligently and gathered knowledge, all prior to acting on the words of old Hamlet’s ghost.The integration of these three points concludes that Hamlet is not a tragedy at all.
Hamlet shows his inaction inaction is introduced from the beginning of the play from act I in scene ii. Throughout the play Hamlet ponders life and death and if life is truly worth the trouble it gives and wishes suicide is not a sin and shows that his life holds near no value to him. His inaction is shown after a meeting in the …show more content…
Hamlet after being assured of Claudius’s guilt, gets an opportunity to kill Claudius but stops.”Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent.” Hamlet here stops his sword midair and contemplates the implications of murdering Claudius and decides that killing him before a prayer will get him sent to heaven and thats something Hamlet cannot accept as his father killed unjustly is being tormented in hell and decides to wait to kill him later.This begins Hamlet’s undoing as Claudius also knows that Hamlet suspects him and now will take measures to protect himself not limited to having Hamlet killed. Here it shows Hamlet’s inaction causing his demise it