In Szenczi's view, "the strength, the heroic quality of Hamlet has now been generally recognized." Shakespeare did not want to make a "model of irresolution, a case for psychopathology, or an illustration of the Oedipus complex." Arnold Kettle claims that "It is unforgivable to act Hamlet as though he were a neurotic instead of a hero" (Szenczi 1990: 124).

William Guthrie calls him "everyman" because there is nothing heroic in him, no special passion or virtue; he is just an average man: benevolent, pleasant, sensitive, and wants to fulfil his commitments. This is quite contrary to what Schlegel thinks about Hamlet: a romantic hero with a tragic fate. Schlegel also accuses him of becoming cynical (Hankiss 1995).

As Hankiss summarized Hamlet's picture: at first a hero who wins over the world and himself, then a fragile young man who takes refuge in daydreams and melancholy, then a loveable and weak character that is too sophisticated both morally and emotionally, then a symbol of melancholy and Weltschmerz (1995).

According to an unknown author: "A tragic hero doesn't need to be good." Hamlet dies, but it is the best that can ha

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