Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

"It is the circumstances beyond a man's control brought into a critical relationship with his weakness, be it a vice or a virtue, which precipitates the tragedy." Show how the circumstances in which the hero finds himself develop beyond his control. Go on to identify the hero's "weakness" and show how, when these circumstances and that weakness are brought together, a tragic outcome becomes inevitable. In "Hamlet", written by Shakespeare, the protagonist finds himself in …

…audius' decision to send him to England or Claudius' final plot of murder, it becomes abundant that a tragic outcome is inevitable. Though the final achievement of his goal of taking revenge on Claudius was a result of his instinctive actions, the death of Hamlet himself was the result of the methodical way in which he responded to the many circumstances which spiralled out of his control, and the circumstances under the control of others.