King Claudius Tragic Hero

One of the biggest flaws of a human being is being a normal human having emotions. These emotions can either lead a character to a triumphant rise or a wretched downfall. According to Aristotle’s theory, there are six basic and specific characterization of a tragic hero and the most essential one is tragic flaw which is called the Hamartia. Given the enough information from the story, it is safe to say that Claudius had some desires that he never got due to life circumstances like being a king. These unfulfilled desires built his pride and selfishness to the extent that it became his tragic flaw. His pride as part of the nobles and his excessive desire to be in highest position in the kingdom drove him to challenge the natural order of kingship,
Therefore prepare you; I your commission will forthwith dispatch, and he to England shall along with you,” (III.3.1-4) at this point, he knew that he may not be mad at all but staging an act as his plan to dethrone him. A concept called nemesis came upon him which is basically the fortune that a tragic hero cannot escape as a consequence to his action due to his hubris. Claudius was blinded from the truth of the possible comeuppances of his actions but readers are well aware that there is no escape of his consequences. The Catharsis or the feeling of pity and fear may have been diverted to Hamlet and that is because he was portrayed as the abused one but one cannot guarantee that he is in fact the victim because not enough information are given and one cannot assert any of the character’s state of mind. In literary context, Claudius’ life after the murder fits well in the standards of being a tragic hero but is never obvious because readers always assume the norm that because Hamlet is the main character, he is the hero as