Examples Of Gertrude's Tragic Flaw In Hamlet

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After the Murder of King Hamlet senior of Denmark, everything goes downhill from there many characters end up dying after this death happens Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all end up dying in this play which takes place of the event of the murder of King Hamlet Senior. Although one could blame Claudius for allowing his creed and lust to affect him to have an adulterous affair with his brother’s wife to fulfil his lust he then kill’s his brother in order to fulfil his creed for the crown, the blame falls on Hamlet. Now this Essay will discuss the Tragic flaw of Hamlet which simply put he was indecisive in his plan to kill Polonius to avenge his father’s death, and discuss how his flaw affected all of these characters death’s and is the central cause of every one of…show more content…
Furthermore his murder would lead to the deaths of many others in the story. First to deal with are now other than Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. After the death of Polonius, Claudius sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to escort Hamlet to England. With Rosencrantz and Guildenstern they bring with them a letter from Claudius to the king of England with the order to kill Hamlet. Although Hamlet finds this letter and revises a new letter to instead order the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leading to their deaths. Now fault can be found in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern for agreeing to this deceitful plan, but this deceitful plan was devised by the king to kill Hamlet because he was worried for his own life when he finds out that Hamlet killed Polonius. Some would blame the queen, Gertrude for betraying Hamlet and telling the king that Hamlet killed Polonius, but if Hamlet wouldn’t have waited to kill the king, Polonius would never be died and Hamlet wouldn’t have been sent to England and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern wouldn’t have been
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