William Shakespeare: Is Hamlet a Hero?

The character Shakespeare created in "Hamlet" is one who has many paradoxical qualities, but his heroic tendencies outweigh his weak and more emotional qualities. Hamlet exhibits many characteristics of a tragic hero, his tragic flaw is what would make it seem as though he is weak when in reality it is what classifies him as a tragic hero. His tragic flaw is that he never chooses to do what he really wants to do; his indecisiveness causes him to fail himself in what he wants to do to avenge his father's death. …