Hey, how does Hamlet display hamartia in act act 3, scene 4? can you also provide quotes? I need to do a persuasive writing assignment. So far I have this.
"Also defined as a tragic flaw, hamartia is a personal mistake in the character of a protagonist that results in their disastrous failure. Hamlet's indecisiveness and lack of ability to act on his impulses may be considered as his hamartia. In stabbing Polonius in SCENE 3 ACT 4, Hamlet's reckless, violent behavior is an important example of his failure to organize his thoughts and acts, which could be regarded as his tragic flaw or hamartia. Hamlet is too troubled with moral concerns and doubts in his passive, reflective mode to take revenge for his father by killing Claudius, even if the chance was upon him. However when he decided to act, he aggressively does it by stabbing his unseen enemy across a curtain. "

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