... much more easily. The cathartic effect which is presented almost perfectly in Oedipus, is not as effective in Hamlet, as it does not follow all of Aristotle's criteria, although it still possess some reader identification. Hamlet is a story about a prince (Hamlet JR.) who is told by a Ghost (Hamlet Sr ... amount of fear from the audience because of the fact that he has one major flaw i.e. his procassination to kill Claudius, which conforms perfectly to Aristotle's criteria. The less flaws present the less remote the possibility that a reader will be able to identify with Hamlet's flaw. I...

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