Tragedy can be defined as the downfall of a protagonist due to a fatal error or poor judgment, producing suffering and insight of the part of the main character and arousing pity and fear from the audience. Of all the characteristics of tragedy, one is the most important: the tragic hero must be essentially admirable and good. In the two common tragedies, "Oedipus Rex" and "Hamlet", the two main characters are generally good. In both plays, Hamlet and Oedipus commit a fault that will cost them extreme suffering, and in "Hamlet" it ends in many deaths. A tragic protagonist is usually a noble character, who occupies a high position in society. In a tragedy, the protagonist falls from top to bottom, due to the suffering he endures. During his fall from top to bottom, the protagonist is unable to escape his destiny, even though he strives to break it. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Hamlet occupies the position of Prince of Denmark, a position of high authority, but through a visit from the ghost of his father, the former king, fate brings a twisted and nasty fall upon him.....