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What is the tragic flaw in Hamlet?

xime

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Indecision?

Posted by xime on June 20, 2010 at 12:14 PM and tagged with hamlet, tragic flow

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dstuva

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I assume you mean flaw rather than flow, and any question about Hamlet's flaw is a loaded question.

Some of the possibilities that have been suggested are:

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Posted by dstuva on June 20, 2010 at 2:44 PM

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There can be many approaches to identifying Hamlet's tragic flaw.  I would say that indecision is a critical one.  Hamlet is a thinking man's hero, one whose immersion in thought proves to be...

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Posted by akannan on June 20, 2010 at 5:13 PM

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