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The death of Hamlet was caused by a number of reasons, many of which were his own fault. Although this may be disputed it is a fact that this was a tragedy, but aside from the obvious reasons (the trap set by Claudius and Laertes) there were steps leading up his death which could have easily been avoided.

Probably Hamlet's most tragic flaw is that he becomes too involved in his thoughts, it is his tendency to ponder upon the possible outcome of every situation and scenario that he faces in his life. Imagine playing a game of basketball with a friend and whenever that friend touches the ball he runs through every possible outcome of every action he could take. Well by the time he takes his first dribble (depending on weather or not your running with real ballers) its stolen and your opponent has just run up the score by two more points. This game of basketball is Hamlet's life. The ball is in his court he has possession, but he doesn't act when he has the opportunity to put......

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