How Is Hamlet A Good Person?

Who is Hamlet? This is a question that I asked myself frequently while reading Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is a very complex character, not only to other characters in the play, but to the reader as well. He has an intriguing personality that makes critical thinking very important while reading the play. The ethics of Hamlet are very questionable due to his inconsistency. It is not directly stated in the text if Hamlet is a good or bad person. It is up to the reader to decide what kind of person Hamlet is depending on their personal experiences and how they relate to him. There are many personality traits that could be associated with Hamlet, even some that contradict each other. Hamlet is obviously knowledgeable, which you can

The first death he is directly responsible for is Polonius’, the one that shows Hamlet’s recklessness. This then leads to the death of Ophelia, since she goes crazy when Polonius dies and results in her falling in the river. Next, he gets Rosencrantz and Guilderstein murdered. Finally, he is responsible for almost every death in the last scene of the play. He directly kills Laertes and Claudius, and it’s basically his fault that his mother dies since she drank the cup of poison that was intended for him to drink. If he feels guilty about these deaths you may say they don’t make him a bad person, but that’s the question at hand. He may feel guilty about Polonius’ death but not show much emotion due to his depression. He directly says that he doesn’t care about the deaths of Rozencrantz and Guilderstein, but blames that on them deserving – which is true due to all the spying they did. Revenge seems common for the time period and it would not be unusual for Hamlet to want revenge over two people that betrayed him. As for the final deaths in the play, Hamlet also dies in this scene so he does not have much action. Though he does save Horatio from committing suicide, which could help the argument that he does have good