Hamlet A Mind Of His Own

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Hamlet
A Mind of His Own
No one can argue that the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare is Hamlet, which is a classic example of a tragedy. Do all tragedies end with the hero suffering and usually dying in the end? This is not all that is needed to consider a play a tragedy, and sometimes a hero does not need to die. But not every play in which a hero dies is considered a tragedy. Is it a hero’s destiny to die? Hamlet’s death could have been avoided many times but what leads up to his death is what makes this play. Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. A tragic hero does not need to be good or does he? In Hamlet, although Hamlet dies, it is almost for the best or is it? How could he have any pleasure during the rest of his life, with his parents and Ophelia dead? Hamlet had possessed many good traits needed to be a tragic hero, but he had one flaw, which eventually lead to his downfall. Hamlet has all the food traits of a tragic hero. He is brave and daring. Hamlet was also loyal to his father. Another trait that Hamlet had is that he was intelligent. How else would Hamlet be able to think up the idea of faking insanity? By reading further you will be able to see how this play unfolds.
ACT I
Two of the guards of the King’s castle discover that there is a ghost, probable of the recently deceased King Hamlet. Horatio declares that the ghost must bring warning of impending misfortune. When the ghost appears the second time, Horatio tries to communicate with the ghost, to no avail, the ghost disappears. Horatio decided to tell Prince Hamlet of the ghost, if it is indeed the King, it will most likely talk to his beloved son. Horatio thinks that with the appearance of the ghost, and it not speaking to him, it indicated that something is wrong in Denmark. This scene introduces the character Horatio, who is a major character in this scene, besides th...