Why Hamlet is a Hero A literary hero is someone who displays feats of nobility along with courage. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, young Hamlet is obviously the hero of the play. Stranded in the middle of a court full of corruption, faced with his father’s death and his mother’s almost immediate remarriage, Hamlet somehow comes out of it a hero in the reader’s minds. It is his courageousness and nobility that …showed first 75 words of 1415 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1415 total…Queen’s— don’t provoke the same kind of emotion that Hamlet’s death does. Hamlet always thinks about his actions, and it is tragic that he died even after his immense contemplation. Hamlet’s death was due to the trickery of Claudius, and thus the reader can feel sorrow and pity for Hamlet. The pathos that Hamlet provokes combined with his courage and nobility is what makes Hamlet the hero of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.