A stage tragedy is defined as a play about momentous events in which an individual of noble qualities falls into misfortune though a flaw of character. Such flaws are often said to be directed by fate, and thus the question whether we should accept tragedies as hard truths about the nature of life, or challenge that they can be overcome? A close study of Shakespeare's tragic character Hamlet allows us to examine the two premises. …showed first 75 words of 1200 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1200 total…made aware that had Hamlet taken charge of the situation and confronted Claudius as soon as he was instructed to do so by the ghost of his dead father, only one person would have been killed, Claudius, and that would have been justice meted out. The lesson to learn from this play is that any character flaw must be addressed and change brought about; otherwise it would result in serious irreversible consequences in the future.