Hamlet's Tragic Flaws

The literary definition of a tragic hero is a person that thinks they have to save the day, but their flaw ends up getting them killed, which sets up most of the plays Shakespeare wrote . Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet is no exception it is about Hamlet trying to avenge his father’s death. When he figures out Claudius, the new king, killed him Hamlet was furious. Hamlet went on trying to kill Claudius to avenge his father’s death. In doing so leaving a huge mess in his wake. Although Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet was based on Hamlet and his hesitation, it could also be about Claudius, Laertes, and Polonius and their flaws that lead to a lot of people meeting their death.
For starters, Claudius had many tragic flaws, they were lustfulness, arrogance, and jealousy which cause a lot of people to meet their death. For instance in act I,v 42 when the Ghost said to Hamlet, “Ay, that incestueous, that adulterate beast.” This lustfulness of Claudius

In IV, vii,117 “The drop of blood that’s calm proclaims me bastard, cries ‘cuckold’ to my father, broods the ‘harlot’ even here between the chaste unsmirched brow of my true mother.” This quote shows that Laertes is super emotional, and he acts a lot without thinking. He stormed in on Claudius and he was very upset, even though he didn’t know what was going on. Then, in IV, vii, 96 Claudius is buttering Laertes up, saying that not even French fencers could match up to him, also saying that there would be no way Hamlet could even begin to match up with Laertes’ skill at fencing. This shows that Laertes is arrogant, and he can be manipulated. Claudius is buttering him up and getting him to fight Hamlet. Laertes may not even be that good, but because he is so arrogant he thinks he is unbeatable. Laertes is led to his death because he is super emotional, arrogant, and can easily be manipulated. Those are the reasons he meets his death while fighting