The Fall From Power In Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Oedipus The King                  The plays of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Oedipus the King, are very similar in plot because they both are about the kings of their perspective cities being murdered, and the murderer subsequently is crowned king and marries the queen. They are also based on an incestuous relation with the queen. The plays differ in that Hamlet knows who killer of his …showed first 75 words of 1118 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1118 total…mother and the suffering that he has inflicted upon all of the innocent citizens of Thebes.         Unlike Oedipus, there is no reversal by Hamlet. His internal tragic flaws such as excessive angry, procrastination in killing Claudius and blindness prevented him from s resulted in the tragic death of the people he cared about including his mother and Oephelia who he truly loved. He could have prevented these additional tragedies if he would have killed Cladius.