The Characterization of Hamlet.

In the tragic play Hamlet, the character Hamlet was undoubtedly one of William Shakespeare's greatest characterizations. The overall appeal Hamlet has to an audience or reader almost definitely stems from his many human weaknesses. The best known is indecisiveness, but his inconsistency is a more outstanding characteristic. T.S. Eliot argued that Hamlet was an artistic failure, due to a basic weakness in the play. It was his contention that a playwright owes a duty …

…trying to disguise himself. I feel that if he loved her he would have treated her with the up-most respect at all times and would have told her what was going on. The fact that he doesn't take the chance to kill Claudius is beyond me. However I do agree with his statement about how Queen Gertrude throwing flowers into Ophelia's grave was beautiful, not only the scene but the lines she speak as well.