There are many deaths in this play but I believe that only a few of them are
             "tragic". The death of Hamlet is certainly a tragic one because even though he was indirectly or directly responsible for the death of every other major character, except for his father, all he wanted to do was avenge his father's death by killing the man who killed his father, Claudius, his uncle. The death of Laertes was also tragic because you didn't expect him to die. Even though he was part of the conspiracy to kill Hamlet, he was a good guy and he just wanted revenge for the death of his father and his sister, both caused by Hamlet. The death of Claudius was not tragic because he had it coming. He had to know that Hamlet would be suspicious about the death of his father, then his uncle becoming king. Then the ghost of old Hamlet told Hamlet to kill the man who killed him and leave Gertrude's final judgment to God. Also, I believe that Gertrude's death was not tragic. Many may say that her death was tragic, but I believe that she had something to do with the death of her former husband. Whether or not she killed him I don't know, but she knew and she had something to do with it. The deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were not tragic because they were just stupid to give that note to the King of England. Also, the death of Ophelia was tragic, even though she committed suicide. In some way, all suicides are tragic, especially this one because her unborn baby died as well. And finally, the death of old Hamlet was tragic because if he were still alive, I don't think any of the other deaths would have happened. All these deaths were part of a chain reaction that was caused by Claudius killing Old Hamlet.
             Hamlet is powerless to change his fate because he was absolutely set up by
             Claudius and Laertes. First, Claudius tried to set Hamlet up by shipping him off to England with Rosencrantz and Guil...