In William Shakespeares Well Known Tragic Play, Hamlet, The Main Character

Title	In William Shakespeares Well Known Tragic Play, Hamlet, The Main Character
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     In William Shakespeare's well known tragic play, Hamlet, the main character
Hamlet is defeated by his own flaws.  These flaws are the killing of Polonius, the killing of
Claudius, and most of all by Hamlet being misled by the Ghost.  The killing of Polonius is
a major flaw of Hamlets because it got him killed by Laertes.  Also the killing of his uncle
Claudius was tragic, since he was his uncle and he made Hamlet very angry towards his
mother.  The last and most noted flaw of Hamlet's was him being misled by the Ghost and
engaging in his plan of madness.

     The first of Hamlets flaws is the killing of Polonius.  The death of Polonius was an
accident that shouldn't have happened.  Hamlet believed the person behind the drapery
was indeed Claudius.  After Hamlet draws his rapier, runs it through the drapes, and kills
Polonius.  He asks? "Is it the King?"  He then he is drawn into a heated conversation with
his mother, Gertrude, over the short wait after old king Hamlets death for her to remarry.
He says "Almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry his brother". The major
effect of his killing of, Polonius, was indeed his death.  This ignited Laertes' revenge on
Hamlet which resulted in Hamlet's death.

     Just as the killing of Polonious was a tragic flaw of Hamlets, so was the killing of
Claudius.  This flaw of Hamlets which was to be  the solo revenge of Claudius brought
upon the death of Gertrude, Polonius, and Laertes.  The madness in Hamlet was to be
unleashed only on Claudius.  Yet Hamlet's path of destruction killed his mother, she was
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