Babies are weighed within the first few hours after birth. The weight is compared with the baby's gestational age and recorded in the medical record. A birthweight less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces) is diagnosed as low birthweight. Babies weighing less than 1,500 grams (3 pounds, 4 ounces) at birth are considered very low birthweight.
The idea of the âtragic flawâ is a problematic one in Hamlet. It is true that Hamlet possesses definable characteristics that, by shaping his behavior, contribute to his tragic fate. But to argue that his tragedy is inevitable because he possesses these characteristics is difficult to prove.
Hamlet has in effect become a ghost (Garber 498). Polonius will continue to insist that Hamlet is mad with love for Ophelia, but we find out that she has started playing stupid games against Hamlet on Polonius' instructions, refusing Hamlet's letters and remaining inaccessible to him (II.i.105f).