Hamel_As_A_Tragic_Hero

Hamel As A Tragic Hero Hamlet as a tragedy In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet the question on weather or not it falls into the category of a tragedy. “Tragedies recount an individual\'s downfall; they usually begin high and end low (1)”. According Aristotle a tragedy is a play that ha a beginning middle and an end; a unity of place and time; a tragic hero who goes through peripetia and anagnorisis. The first issue of whether something is classified as a tragedy is whether it contains a distinguishing beginning, middle and an end. The play early on reveals that Hamlet’s father was killed and he ponders how to go about seeking revenge. The middle of the play is distinguished as the Hamlets “mouse trap,” catching Claudius right where he wanted him. The end is distinguished as Hamlets tragic flaw leading to the end of his life but not until Claudius, Leartes, and Gertrude are all dead. (Act v scene ii) The next aspect of a classic tragedy is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone who leads to his/her down fall due to a tragic flaw. Hamlet’s tragic flaw is that he over analyses/thinks about what to do about his father’s murder throughout the hamlet, tragic, claudius, tragedy, play, scene, leartes, end, hero, flaw, peripetia, kill, act, about, voyage, rosencrantz, now, middle, leads, hamlet’s, hamlets, experience, england, downfall, decides, death, advantage, while, whether, wait, vi, tragedies, time, taken, sword