ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Prince Hamlet is an example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. A tragic hero must possess many good traits, but also possess a flaw that ultimately leads to his downfall. In the Shakespearean play, Hamlet, the tragedy of a young prince’s attempt to extract revenge upon the man who murdered his father is the central idea.

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to the play ending with the death of Hamlet and a host of others, Hamlet himself is a classic tragic protagonist. As the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet is a figure whose actions matter to an entire kingdom, which means the play’s events reverberate through the entire world of the play.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses the tragedies and deaths to make the play a tragedy; Hamlet is a tragic hero because he is a person of high rank who violated a law, and he poses a threat to society and causes suffering to others through violating the law, which are all characteristics of a tragic hero.

Detailed explanation-4: -After witnessing his father’s ghost and the “immoral” relationship between his uncle and his mother, Hamlet is cast in the role of the Avenging Tragic Hero. This archetype almost always dies at the end of his or her story. This is because the task he or she desires to complete is beyond mortal justice.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hamlet is a tragic hero because he was blinded by his want for revenge of his father ‘s death. Hamlet pretended to be crazy for so long that he blocked out his true self and the people who cared for him, like Gertrude and Ophelia. The want for revenge was his flaw and what made him a tragic hero.