In: Psychology
What is Hamlet's biggest flaw and how does it affect the play?
(answer in 200 words or more)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is
a play of a man who is incapable of action. Hamlet's tragic flaw is his inability to act. By examining his incapability to commit suicide, his inability to come to terms with killing his mother, putting on a play to delay killing Claudius and the inability to kill Claudius while he's praying, we see that Hamlet chooses not to take action.
In conclusion, Hamlet's tragic flaw is his incapability to act. He is unable to go through with suicide, killing his mother, or killing Claudius.
The irony is that his revenge could have been complete if he had killed the king then and there, because Claudius was not really praying.
Hamlet continues to deny the fact that his mother broke her marriage vows to King Hamlet. He thinks he should kill her, but he can't.
Hamlet's tragic flaw is his inability to avenge his father's death because he hasn't been able to conquer himself in his internal conflict. This recalls the cliche
"One's greatest enemy is no other than
oneself". I think procrastination is the
inaction that leads to Hamlet's downfall
and behind the inaction, there were three
main flaws: being idealistic, fatalistic and
over analytical. Idealism stops Hamlet from avenging the murder of his father, when he has the opportunity to kill Claudius (his uncle, the murderer of his father ) when he is praying.
"Am I then..horrid hent". Here, Hamlet wants an ideal revenge, that his opponent.