Hamlet as Elizabethan Tragic Hero

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Hamlet as Elizabethan tragic hero The early days of commercial theatre involved performances in public spaces such as town squares. Elizabethan acting troupes traveled the country. At that time there were three different types of venues for Elizabethan plays: Inn – yards, Open air Amphitheatres and Playhouses. Hamlet endures as the object of universal identification because his central moral dilemma transcends the Elizabethan period, making him a man for all ages. I heard and red that Hamlet is the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, but I can not agree or disagree with this, because I am not an expert in Shakespeare’s area or have I red enough of his works. So I’ll consider it as a fact while discussing about it. The thing we know for sure is that play called Hamlet is tragedy. Hamlet is the classical example of an Elizabethan tragic hero. All tragic heroes suffer and usually die at the end. But there are other things which are necessary to consider a play a tragedy, and sometimes (in rare cases) a hero doesn’t even need to die. One of those things is amount of free will. Exactly this apparition is very noticeable in Hamlet. Hamlet’s death could have been avoided many times. Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. He also could go public with his claim or suspicion, but he decided not to. Yes, he decided, and that is free will. Other characteristics that make him the perfect tragic hero, is that he is brave and daring. One example of this is, when he went to England he was taking a big risk. He is also loyal. His loyalty to his father was the reason he was so angry on Claudius and his mother. But there are also some other opinions about this item particularly. He was intelligent. He was capable to think up the idea of faking insanity. He managed to fool almost everyone and make fools of them.
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