"Give me that man that is not passion's slave." Hamlet's downfall is not due to excessive passion, but thinking too much. Do you agree?
Date Submitted: 12/19/2004 17:54:21
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (655 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (655 words)
Hamlet's flaw is that he has a hard time carrying out his plans; he does not have the raw passion that enraged Laertes (). Hamlet took time to think about his actions and the consequences for his plans, many times did he think of doing them, yet he did not carry out them out. Hamlet was not a forgetful, evil character, but more of a tragic hero.
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out and slaying the king while he was involved in "incestuous sheets" or "drunk asleep" like he said, but with a poison the king made himself to kill Hamlet. Ultimately, Hamlet avenged his father, and his father's later wish for the queen to be left to die without Hamlet killing her. However it came at a very heavy cost; Hamlet, Laertes, and Gertrude's deaths, and Denmark falling into the hands of the Norwegian enemy, Fortinbras.
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