Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is a prime example of a tragedy, as well as one o this most well-known plays. We start off being introduced to our protagonist, Hamlet himself, after the death of his father who happens to be the king. After finding out his father was murdered by his uncle, he starts planning to kill his uncle in order to avenge is fathers death. According to The Seagull Book of Poems, a tragedy introduces the protagonist in a state of prosperity. Hamlet is wealthy and a prince. A tragedy also involves a protagonist having a conflict with a larger force, in this case the greater force is Hamlet’s uncle Claudius. The conflict reaches its breaking point at the climax, which is when Claudius and Hamlet fight at the end of the play and eventually end up both dying, along with the other characters of the play. A lot of the reasons for this play being a tragedy are quite obvious. To start off, every character in the play ends up dying. It’s debated whether or not Hamlet should be considered a “tragic hero” or not. If killing his uncle to avenge his father was the right option, because if he hadn’t, Hamlet may have lived.