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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Prince Hamlet and Walter Younger to determine whether their experiences qualify them as tragic hero. No additional sources are used.
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File: TG15_TGhamwalt.rtf
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to Aristotle, tragic heroes were protagonists that possess some type of flaw (hamartia) that ultimately leads to their reversal of fortune. Tragic heroes usually die at the conclusion of
the literary work, but as long as the protagonist is responsible for sowing the seeds of his own destruction, he would successfully satisfy the criteria Aristotle established. In William
Shakespeares Hamlet and Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun, both male protagonists are struggling against adversity and have been thrust into situations not of their own making, for which
they are ill prepared to handle. When the ghost of Hamlets father pays the young prince a visit, it symbolizes the expectations the King has for him. Vengeance against
Claudius is not his idea; it is his fathers. Hamlet must pick up the torch and reveal the identity of the conspirator, but he is filled with frequent melancholy
and indecision that delays the quest. He wastes much time pondering the meaning of life instead of acting decisively as evidenced in his famous soliloquy: "To be, or not
to be- that is the question: / Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune / Or to take arms against a
sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to say we end / The heartache, and the
thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to. Tis a consummation / Devoutly to be wishd. To die- to sleep. / To sleep- / Perchance to dream: ay, theres
the rub!" (III.i.53-62) After these moments of contemplation, Hamlet rushes to judgment, which usually ends with an innocent person being killed. The Prince never assumes any
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