Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a character that had all that a young man would want. He was the son of a king, and was in line for the throne. He was also a very educated boy, who was intelligent in all aspects of life. When his father, King Hamlet, died, he lost all of his promise through direct and indirect causes. Hamlet had much potential to become an example of a heroic winner, but his …showed first 75 words of 558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 558 total…potential. He took too long in deciding and acting upon what he wanted to do. This gave time for Claudius to learn of Hamlet’s plot against him. This lead to Claudius’ being able to come up with a plan to get Hamlet before he would get him. It turns out that Claudius’ plan worked and failed. His plans worked because Hamlet was killed; it failed because his wife and he died along with Hamlet.