Probably the best piece of writing ever written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is the classic example of tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers and usually dies in the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword and like them Hamlet dies by cutting himself with a poison-tipped sword. But this is not enough to consider a play a tragedy, and sometimes a hero doesn't even need to die. AchievementNot every play in which a hero dies is considered a tragedy. There are multiple elements needed to label a game. Probably the most important element is a certain amount of free will. In every tragedy the characters must show some. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death cannot be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that this could happen. Hamlet's death could have been avoided many times. Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but he did not take advantage of them. He also had the option of making his request public, but instead chose not to. A tragic hero doesn't need to be good. For example, MacBeth was evil, yet he was a tragic hero, because he had free will. Furthermore, he had only one flaw: pride. He had many positive traits such as courage, but his negative trait made him evil. Even a tragic hero doesn't have to die. While in all Shakespearean tragedies the hero dies, in others he may live but suffer "moral destruction". In Oedipus Rex, the proud but morally blind king gouges out his own eyes and must spend his remaining days as a blind, wandering beggar. , guided in every painful step by his daughter Antigone. One misconception about tragedies is that nothing good comes out of them, but in reality it's the opposite. In Romeo and Juliet, even though they both die, it ends the feud between the Capulets and the Montegues. Also, Romeo and Juliet can be together in heaven. In Hamlet, even if Hamlet dies, it's almost the best thing. How could he have pleasure for the rest of his life, with his parents and Ophelia dead? Furthermore, even though Hamlet dies, he manages to kill Claudius and get rid of the evil that rules the throne. Every tragic comedy must have a tragic hero. The tragic hero must possess many positive traits, as well as one flaw, which will ultimately lead to his downfall.