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You are, of course, asking the question that has stymied critics, actors and audiences for 400 years. General opinion leans vaguely toward the first; that is, the idea that the job was impossible to begin with is not broadly accepted. The problem then becomes "Pick your favorite tragic flaw." It may be more useful (and more realistic) to see Hamlet as complex, not simple: instead of thinking that one little thing brought him down, explore how the mix of vices and virtues in him paralyse him.

Posted by Hamlet on April 01, 1997 at 09:35:44
 In Reply to "HAMLET'S TRAGIC FLAW? PLEASE HELP!" posted by Rosencrantz (or is it Guildenstern) on April 01, 1997 at 01:34:42


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