Is Hamlet a tragedy

Answer 1

'Hamlet' can certainly be viewed that way. Technically, it's a tragedy, because of the deaths, and the shattered romance of Hamlet and Ophelia. However, the play contains significant comedic elements, much more than you'll read about in the average book, or see in the average performance.

Answer 2

Hamlet is considered a tragedy, and the character Hamlet himself is considered a tragic hero.

A tragedy is a story in which there is a tragic hero who is a generally 'good' or likable character, but who has a flaw. "A mole of defect". This flawed character commits a sin or a crime during the course of the play, and as a result of the characters flaw, or sin, the character must die.

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Answer 3

No, Claudius and Polonius are within hearing range (either onstage or just barely off), if out of sight. Ophelia also is probably onstage but invisible to Hamlet (he sees her at the end of the speech and tells himself to stop talking because she is there: "But soft you now. The fair Ophelia")

Answer 4

The play Hamlet is considered to be a tragedy not a melodrama. In the story the character of Hamlet faces extreme sorrow and moral weakness which is one definition of a tragedy.

Answer 5

The William Shakespeare play is not a comedy. Just about everyone dies by the end which is usually the mark that we are dealing with a tragedy.

Answer 6

no no