Shakespeare’s main characters are raise beyond the average level of humanity but their greatness is their fatal gift. Their greatness is the trait that allows their downfall, thus the paradox. Paradox is an apparent contradiction or absurdity that is somehow true. The tragic hero according to A.C. Bradley must have a tragic flaw that leads to the main character’s downfall which is evident in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Hamlet’s gift of intelligence …showed first 75 words of 917 total…

…showed last 75 words of 917 total…leaving to the people to see such horrid seen. Hamlet the prince of philosophy has a great mind which ultimately caused his downfall. His urge of the perfect revenge brought about his downfall. His obsession of the revenge surely affected his judgment. He contradicted himself many times causing a delay for his main plan to kill Claudius. His over thinking caused his life and the life of others. The paradox in Hamlet is his intelligence