Hamlet's harmatia
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is once of the greatest is not the best tragedies of all time. Many plays have been written with artistic features that may rival those of Hamlet, but none even come close to creating the atmosphere of passion, insanity, treachery, incest, and pure ingenious of Hamlet. Hamlet is a textbook tragedy because of Hamlet’s harmatia. Hamlet’s “fall from grace” eventually destroys many lives, and annihilates a couple of loves as well. Many various and different instances led to Hamlet’s harmatia. However, when you truly analyze the structure and events that occur during the play which embody his downfall you find that the most substantial reason for Hamlet’s so called “missing the mark,” was the fact that he was too analytical for his own good. Hamlet over-thought many situations throughout the play that normally would be acted upon automatically. I believe that Hamlet subconsciously uses his constant cerebral attitude as a form of procrastination, which ultimately is a major defense mechanism. By rethinking his actions over and over again Hamlet subconsciously justifies his procrastination by telling himself that he is simply waiting for the best opportunity. Consequently, Hamlet’s over-thinking proves to be the largest reason why Hamlet does not fulfill what he sets out to accomplish, and also why the play turned out to be as tragic as it is. Over-thinking the problems that Hamlet is posed with eventually lead him into his own personal insanity.