The Tragedy Of Hamlet :: Hamlet William Shakespeare

In crossroads, by William Shakespeare, the death of a character becomes a frequent event. Although some people lose their lives as a result of their take self-centered wrong-doing, there are others whose deaths are a result of manipulation from the royalty. This is the case of Polonius family. The real tragedy of Hamlet is non that of Hamlet or his family but of Polonius family because their deaths were not the consequence of sinful actions of their own but rather by their innocent involvement in the schemes of Claudius and Hamlet.The startle character to die in Hamlet is Polonius. Although Polonius often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover the nature of Hamlets madness. Being the kings gentle Chamberlain, it is his duty to obey the king and queens wishes and it is this loyalty that eventually proves to be portentous for him. An archetype of how Polonius innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death fag be found at the beginning of Act III, candidate iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is hiding behind the arras in Gertrudes room. This shows how Polonius, a man unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is crop uped by a member of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes Polonius death a tragedy.The next member of Polonius family to die is his daughter Ophelia. Ophelias death is tragic because of her free innocence in the situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his slyness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is solely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish reasons. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet takes place in Act II, scene i, when Hamlet uses her to convince his family he is mad. Ophelia explains to Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, causing Polonius to ingest the conclusion that Hamlet has an antic dispositio n. Although this is subject to interpretation and many believe that this is simply Hamlet taking one last odour at Ophelia before he becomes engaged in his plan to kill Claudius, the fact that he scares her and does not try to alleviate these fears points to the conclusion that he is simply using her to help word of his madness spread throughout the kingdom via Polonius.