... ." Hamlet dies, but it is the best that can happen to him under the circumstances: without his parents and Ophelia he could not have much pleasure in life. "The tragic hero must possess many good traits, as well as one flaw, which eventually leads to his downfall." Hamlet's good traits: brave, daring, loyal to his father, intelligent (as he is able to make up the idea of feigning madness "in ... order to get more information about Claudius"). His one flaw: he cannot "get around ... a while. He dares not to kill Claudius when the moment comes − although he knows that Claudius feels thr...

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