Option #2: At the end of the play, Fortinbras states "Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, for he was likely, had he been put on, to have proved most royal…" Do you agree? Why or why not? Is Hamlet a true tragic hero? A tragic hero wants to do good, means to make things well, but is ultimately flawed. What are Hamlet’s flaws? Does he allow his passions to overrule his reason?

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point