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Typically Disorderly An archetypal tragic hero is usually a victim of some act of “disorder”, or disturbance in the flow of sequence. Hamlet exemplifies this archetype due to his antagonist, Claudius. Hamlet becomes a victim of disorder when Claudius steals the life of King Hamlet; therefore disrupting the order of power and revealing Hamlet as a typical tragic hero. Claudius kills King Hamlet in order to gain power and become king. Before the death of King Hamlet, Claudius had to look up to him as the brother of the king, thus not advancing in power until the death of King Hamlet. According to Claudius’ own confession to himself after Hamlet’s play, he is aware of his terrible sin, “O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven…my fault is past. But, O, wha