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Hamlet is one of the best plays that Shakespeare has written. It may be called a master piece of artistic creation. In each of the plays (the four tragedies) the hero is transformed into something he had not been at the beginning of the play. So in Hamlet's character, there is something which wasn't there before. There is a visibly positive change in Hamlet when he dies. Some of the reasons that Hamlet seems to …

…his people a new king in the person of Fortinbras. Hamlet, at the end of the play, accepts his fate, takes action instead of delaying, is a little more confident, is more affectionate, finally gives his people a good ruler and last but not least he finally avenges his father's death. Therefore, Hamlet can be viewed as a better man at the end as compared to his former part in the beginning of the play.