Hamlet's Flaws

For a goal to be successfully obtained one must have a solid mindset along with few flaws. Although Hamlet of Shakespeare’s renowned Elizabethan play Hamlet does achieve his mission in the long run, the fashion of the execution was rough around the edges due to his constant flawed performance. Hamlet reveals his tragic flaw through his careless actions that lead to his downfall.

After already being upset by his Uncle’s haste marriage of his mother following his father’s death, Hamlet obtains distasteful knowledge of how his father died. Hamlet’s father, Old King Hamlet, was murdered maliciously by Claudius, his brother. The two objectives hoped to be reached from Claudius by this assassination was to gain the throne and to inherit the Queen’s

A huge mistake and momentous turning point caused by Hamlet is when he accidentally kills Polonius with the thought that he was actually stabbing Claudius. Not only does this alert Hamlet’s mother and Claudius that he is bloodthirsty, but it also enrages Laertes, Polonius’ son, and sends Ophelia, Polonius’ daughter, directly into depression. “Is it the king?” (Act III Scene IV) clearly tells his mother his lethal blows weren’t meant for Polonius, but for Claudius. Ophelia takes a plummet into delusional thinking and crazed actions. Laertes, however, seeks revenge and is ready to see Hamlet’s blood. Not only is Hamlet just fighting an uphill battle against Claudius, but now Laertes is on Claudius’ side.” I have done you wrong” (Act V scene II) describes Hamlet’s recognition of the wrongs he has done to Laertes and his family in the back and forth conversation between them before their friendly, but fatal, fencing match. A bump in the road that Hamlet surely wanted to

Hamlet is discussing his anger and delusional actions with his mother, and during the conversation he gives several minor hints as to his true intentions. He also supplies hints implying he knows Claudius and Gertrude were responsible for the demise of Old King Hamlet. “Kill a king and marry with his brother” (Act III Scene IV) utters from Hamlet’s mouth while conversing with his mother, which is a huge hint to his mother that he’s aware. The quote “Is it the king?” Also applies here considering it drops a final hint that he wants Claudius’ blood on his hands. A component not helping Hamlet was his father’s ghost reappearing after his slaughter of Polonius. If his mother wasn’t confident Hamlet was deranged before, this definitely was the icing on the paranormal cake. Dropping hints like bombs could have severely damaged his plan if his mother and uncle took affirmative action about his mother’s recently acquired knowledge of Hamlet’s lack of ignorance of the whole situation. With his only lethal revenge being for Claudius, he hit the wrong target