Hamlet and his antic disposition

Hamlet's idea of pretending to become crazy so that he can take revenge on his father's death was a bad strategy. In doing this Hamlet ran onto a lot of problems. The situations like the death of Ophelia, his fighting with his mother, trying to fool the King and Polonius, his own downfall and finally his death all illustrate why. Hamlet's antic disposition made him lose control of his own actions and resulted in Hamlet …

…it goes" . This lost opportunity for Hamlet, gave time to the King to find out what Hamlet was really up to and make up his own counter plans of eliminating Hamlet. The King eventually came up with a plan with Laertes, who would cause Hamlet's death, "I'll touch my point with this contagion, that, if I gall him slightly, It may be death.". These situations indicate how Hamlet's downfall started and resulted in his death.