Hamlet's Tragic Flaw Hamlet's famous soliloquy (Hamlet, Act III, scene 1) shows his depth and capacity for reflection, as well as the Shakespeare's ability to manipulate language. Throughout the play, Hamlet stops to think before acting on anything. The more he thinks, the less he acts. Therefore, reflection led him to doubt, which led to inaction. “So conscience makes cowards of us all.” Hamlet's "tragic flaw" is his inability to act impulsively. Stopping to think before acting cost Hamlet many opportunities for revenge. Ironically, he missed his most obvious opportunity when Claudius was praying in the church. He wanted to wait for Claudius to do something that had "no taste of salvation." We are sometimes like Hamlet. The more we think about doing something, the more we find it wrong. Hamlet decided to stay with his life problems rather than kill himself and “steal to others” that he knew nothing about. Sometimes we are like that: staying with what we know rather than making changes. we are afraid to think about a decision we made because we might regret it later or change our mind. Sometimes when we think long and hard about something, we almost feel like we've done it, so we don't. Hamlet was different; The more he thought about his father's murder, the angrier and more passionate he became about revenge. On his return trip to Denmark, he thought of revenge and planned to kill Claudius. Recognizing that he was the victim of a pre-planned duel, Hamlet let his anger overcome him. Hamlet killed Claudius in an impulsive act, overcoming his own "tragic flaw." Hamlet, Shakespeare, act III, scene 1.