In Hamlet, William Shakespeare creates a character that we both pity and appreciate who also is aware of his flaw, but is unable to overcome it because of his own uncertainty which results in his demise.
The play begins with the siting of the Late King Hamlet of Denmark’s ghost to the night watchmen. They decide they should bring Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark to see it for himself. Hamlet has just returned to court and is stricken with grief because of the death of his father, astonishment and disgust at the soon after wedding of his Mother to his uncle, now the King of Denmark. After seeing the ghost for his self, Hamlet learns that his father was murdered by his uncle and new King, Claudius. Hamlet’s Ghost father now wants him to seek revenge
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Who are the Claudius’? Gertrude’s? Ghosts? The Rosencrantz and Guildensterns? Ophelia’s? The tragedy of Hamlet was written many eons ago but the characters are very relatable to life today. Who are you in this tragedy and who are the people around you? I find myself asking these questions are I finished reading this play. There are people all around us, those who we know, love and trust without having to question it. There are those we know and love but do not trust because we have seen something in them that will not allow us to, or because we just do not have all the information. I find myself relating to the character of Hamlet, especially his tragic flaw. I too am a procrastinator, I too am indecisive. I struggle with making a decision at the exact moment I need to without having to think about it. I have to have all the information, because my decisions affect my life and lives of those around me, whether they are aware of it or not. Even though in 2015 I feel and often tell my friends and myself that I need to do things for me, think about myself first. I find that be to be hard and seemingly selfish when I know I am capable of doing so much more for other people who need it. Like Hamlet, I just cannot not do anything, cannot tell the forces of good around me “no’. I have to try, even if it means making a mess of things. Like Hamlet in 2015 making a mess cannot be explained away with too late apologies or faked mental illness to the people who know and love you. Or by the authorities whose job it is to prove your being truthful. But unlike Hamlet, in 2015 I do not allow my flaw to become my demise. I do put off today the things that can be done tomorrow because I try to enjoy life, live for the day, and like Hamlet in the end it gets finished and I’ve won a moral victory: but unlike Hamlet I do not, will not and cannot let my flaw become the reason I fail (die). Hamlet seemed to remember that as he was dying, and his entire family