Frye's Link to the Key Question: Why must Hamlet Die?

Although there are many scholars that have analyzed Hamlet in-depth the one that stands out to me is Northrop Frye. I have always fel that there must be a set of rules or standards that characters could be compared to, instead of over complicating and analyzing everything if there was a way to systematically analyze such works of literature it would make things much easier to understand. By using Frye's concepts and realising that High Mimetic tragedy is a specific mode that Frye has outlined helps to make connections in the story. By going over the mode and using its systematic procedure you realise a lot of background things occuring that otherwise I would most likely have overseen and not understood its significance to the story. In relation to the lingering question, "Why must Hamlet die?" Frye explains that the in a tragedy such as Hamlet it is inevitable that Hamlet will become isolated from everyone else and that there is most likely no happy ending in sight. So it seems only natural for the protagonist to die as everyone has limitations that cannot be breached. For these reasons the death of Hamlet restores the balance in the ordinary world and his actions will cause everything to be restored back to the way it was. Although there may be other reasons and ideals for why Hamlet must die Frye's sytematic process suits my opinions the best.

Whats Hamlet to you or you to Hamlet?

It seems that every teenager knows the judgement that is associated with them wherever they go. They carry the burden of sterotypes, this may seem like a small task but the load is heavy when you are a teenager. For these reasons teenagers feel as if they are Hamlet because they are a, "rogues and peasent slave"  (Hamlet, 99) to society. Often it feels that even if you try your hardest to create a good image for yourself, it only takes 2 seconds for someone to destroy it with a influential stereotype. Unfortuantely for these reasons teenagers are often confused and can become angry, they are unsure of what to do and how they can overcome these problems that hinder their ways of living. Due to this they often feel like, "a coward, who calls me villain, breaks my pate across, plucks off my beard, and blows it in my face, tweaks me by the nose, gives me a lie i' the throat, as deep as the lungs? who does me this?" (Hamlet, 99) We search for someone to blame for theses stereotypes but come up empty handed 99% of the time. With no one to seek help from teenagers often result to alternative methods of dealing with stress which results in their own disassociation from family an friends. As a result when teenagers comes across the text of Hamlet they are able to associate their feelings and emotions to something and often feel that they have a special connection to the character of Hamlet.