or is he tragic for some bigger and deeper rfern, as a tragic figure. >> tragedy is a tough term. and i wouldn't want to try and straight jacket poor hamlet too much by aristotle's categories. >> right. >> but what i would say is that the tragedy is his inability to find a place to be effective in the world. and because he can't find that, we end up essentially with denmark destroy by the end of this play. the country he loves -- >> he cannot find a place to say. >> he cannot find grace. >> let's look at some scenes. the first is claudius and ger trude for hamlet to stay in denmark. here it is. >> good hamlet, cut thy collar off and let thine eye look as a friend on denmark. do not forever with thy lower lid seek they final father in the dust. all that lives must die. passing through nature to eternity. >> i, madame, it is common. >> if it be, why is he so particular with thee. >> nay, it is, i know not seems. 'tis not alone my cloak, good mother nor customary suits of solemn black, together with all forms, molds, shows of grief that can denote-- these indeed seem for they are act