Fate's Flaws In Hamlet

In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare conveys these two main factors fate and flaw to demonstrate the depiction of Hamlet’s demise. A flaw is an imperfection, or defect in someone’s behaviour. Fate is the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Hamlet’s flaws is caused by his melancholy of being sad, depressive, and overly-introspective which contribute to his downfall. For example Hamlet demonstrated one of his flaws when a ghost visited him in the castle demanding him to seek revenge on Claudius “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder!”(I.vi.25). Hamlet promises the ghost who he first believes is his father that he will seek revenge on Claudius for the murder of
Hamlet later on comes to the realization that his fate is to get revenge for his father’s death on Claudius, because he was obligated to do so. Fate has interfered with Hamlets course of plan and action, numerous of times. For example when Hamlet is speaking with his mother Gertrude, and Hamlets passion gets the better of him and he kills Polonius who is hiding behind a tapestry listening to their conversation about what’s been bothering Hamlet the past few months. Hamlet doesn’t experience any sort of remorse towards his wrong-doings and attempts to console himself by relying on his mother for comfort and support and sees this as his fate for the reason that it was outside his control. Hamlet also come upon fate in act 3 scene 3 when Claudius admits to killing his brother, but cannot bring himself to pray for forgiveness and believes that praying would be hypocritical stating: “Pray can I not.” (III,iii,) . When Hamlet discovers Claudius on his knees over the bed, he elaborates that would be the time to kill him, but Hamlet considers he is praying and remorsing for all his wrong deeds. Hamlet doesn’t distinguish that Claudius is not praying although he appears to be. Hamlet’s is ill-fated personality settles on postponing his murder because of his melancholy to over think. Another example of Hamlet’s fate coming into play is when he does not board the ship to England. Hamlet wants to finish his duty given to by the ghost to seek revenge on Claudius for his father’s murder. Hamlet’s fate, as revealed in the letter to Horatio discussing that he cannot talk about the recent events in this letter, but says to Horatio he will see him soon and to deliver this letter to the king may be considered an example of Deus ex machine. Deus ex machine is a type of serendipity which is an unbelievable, improbable event that takes