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Hamlet Hamlet Defeated By His Own Flaws     In William Shakespeares well known tragic play, Hamlet, the maincharacter Hamlet is overcome by his own reproachs. These flaws are the killing ofPolonius, the killing of Claudius, and most of any by Hamlet being misled by theGhost. The killing of Polonius is a study flaw of Hamlets because it got himkilled by Laertes. Also the killing of his uncle Claudius was tragic, since hewas his uncle and he do Hamlet very angry towards his mother. The last andmost noted flaw of Hamlets was him being misled by the Ghost and engaging inhis plan of madness.     The prototypical of Hamlets flaws is the killing of Polonius. The end ofPolonius was an accident that shouldnt have happened. Hamlet believed theperson rear the drapery was indeed Claudius. After Hamlet draws his rapier,runs it through the drapes, and kills Polonius. He asks? "Is it the might?" Hethen he is drawn into a heated parley with his mother, Gertrude, over theshort wait after old king Hamlets death for her to remarry. He says "Almost asbad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry his brother". The major effect ofhis killing of, Polonius, was indeed his death. This ignite Laertes revengeon Hamlet which resulted in Hamlets death.     Just as the killing of Polonious was a tragic flaw of Hamlets, so wasthe killing of Claudius. This flaw of Hamlets which was to be the solo revengeof Claudius brought upon the death of Gertrude, Polonius, and Laertes. Themadness in Hamlet was to be unleashed only on Claudius. Yet Hamlets path ofdestruction killed his mother, she was killed by the toxicant meant for Hamlet byClaudius. Laertes death was brought on by the killing of Polonius. The duelbetween Hamlet and Laertes, which was the arranged revenge on Hamlet, was thefinal kiosk of each.     Although the killings Hamlet carried out were flaws he possessed,another major flaw was his ignorance in following the Ghost. Hamlet was warnednot to follow the Ghost that there mustiness be some evil in him, but he didntlisten. some(prenominal) Horatio and Marcellus forcefully try to hold back the prince, buthe give not be restrained.