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Tragic flaw of Hamlet

I am doing a critical analysis of Hamlet.
I was thinking about doing it on the tragic flaw of Hamlet,
the only problem is I can't decide on what the flaw is.
I don't really think it is his hesitation because they all
have good reasons behind them. I thought it might be his
education because if he was not so intelligent he probably
would have killed his uncle without reasoning it out.
Could intelligence be a tragic flaw? It doesn't seem like it
could be. I welcome any thoughts regarding the tragic flaw of
Hamlet or just about tragic flaws. I would also like to know
anything about critics or books that have information I can include
in my paper.
Thanks!

Posted by Kerry on April 13, 1997 at 17:55:55

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