The genre of Shakespeare’s play usually helps to make the general point or convey the central meaning of the story. It is not by a chance that Hamlet is a tragedy and most of the heroes including Hamlet himself die. The sad end of the story is a logical conclusion of the play.

According to the task, we can change only the end of the story, not the characters. Hamlet is a tragic hero by definition. Hamlet, as a tragic hero has the potential for greatness but is doomed to fail. He is trapped in a situation where he cannot win. He makes some sort of tragic flaw, and this causes his fall from greatness. Even though he is a fallen hero, he still wins a moral victory, and his spirit lives on. Hamlet wins a moral battle, but is supposed to die to be a real tragic hero.

Everything that happens in the play happens not by chance, but is very important for the main idea. Shakespeare also lets Hamlet die to show that he does not give his ideas, believes, and views on life. Hamlet paid a dear price for his believes and truth.

The tragic final of the play strengthens the impression of the play and makes us think about different meanings after we read or watch the play. Dramatic events capture our attention. Deaths and sufferings make share the feelings of the heroes with great sympathy. The tension in the play grows till the final scene when the heroes are killed.

Evil that Hamlet has seen in the surrounding world has shocked Hamlet. After the death of his father he does not want to live himself. He is thinking about suicide. From the beginning of the play Hamlet thinks about death and is moving to it. Hamlet is constantly thinking about the death. It is constantly implied that it is better to die for the idea than to exist surrounded by evil. Hamlet is constantly thinking about leaving this life and evil. Throughout the play this feeling only strengthens in the hero. “To be or not to be” can be interpreted as “to live or not to live” question. For Hamlet the life is so difficult that it seems he is capable of suicide. By the end of the play Hamlet is absolutely not afraid of the death. Life is not excited for Hamlet anymore. He dreams about death.

Death seems to be the logical end especially for Hamlet. I do not see another end for him. If he continues to live, it would mean that he gave up his ideas and reconciles with evil. Hamlet, on the other hand, dies as a free philosopher. He dies as a warrior for his ideals and truth.

Lloyd Johns was a professional freelance writer for 13 years.
Now he is a technical writer, advertising copywriter, & website copywriter for Custom Essays Writing Network

I had the satisfaction the other day of having finished a book. Yes, you would think that those of us who write for a living would be great readers. Some of us are, some of us aren’t. I probably am fairly well read overall, but that covers magazines, newspapers, articles, and the like for the most part…especially if they can be found online!

My wife picked up a book for me this past Christmas and she hit it right on the mark Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story. Written by Antonia Felix, the book traces the remarkable life of now Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice from her days living in highly segregated Birmingham, Alabama during the 1950s and 1960s through her years as an academic scholar, college professor, and university provost, all the way up to her present work with the Bush Administration. Written in 2003, the book still has Condi as National Security Advisor to the president, but in 2004 Condi replaced Colin Powell as the Secretary of State.

The book delves into Condi’s life and doesn’t hold back on much. No, not much to criticize about this consummate overachiever, rather plenty of praise for a role model who has triumphed in the face of overwhelming odds, let alone overwhelming adversity.

Condi is not just a leading scholar, but she is an expert in Soviet {Russian} affairs, an accomplished pianist, and an avid football fan. Driven? Oh, yes! But, not in the “possessed” or “obsessed” sense of the word. As a black woman working in a mostly white male environment Condi has established herself on her terms and not on someone else’s. “Twice as good” was the mantra passed down to Condi by her parents who believed that black children had to do everything twice as well as white children in order to be considered equal in a segregated society.

I won’t give all the details of the book away, but there are some highly interesting aspects about Condi that some people probably just don’t know. Personally, I don’t think Condi will run for president on the Republican ticket in 2008 as some desire instead, she aspires to be president of the NFL but whatever Condi chooses to do beyond her time working with President Bush will more than likely include breaking new ground and setting the trend for all who come behind her.

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