Betrayal

easily the concept of dishonesty comes into peoples lives. In saying that playing the flute is “as easy as lying” (Ham. 3. 2. 87), the reader sees best the ease with which this dishonesty comes. Also aiding in the expression of this concept of betrayal is the incident when Hamlet likens Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to a sponge. In this moment he expresses how they have soaked up the king’s commands and unflinchingly served their own purposes by doing such. What is most striking about this…

There are few staples of human nature like the betrayal that can be found through the act of cheating or in much more dire situations, murder. Throughout Shakespeare’s longest running play, Hamlet, the betrayal that is faced is one that is circumstantial, in that it reveals the pride, jealousy and selfishness that the characters possess that are paralleled with those found in the bible. Claudius, the brother to the king, has committed fratricide and treason of the highest order, “O, my offence…

One way Elizabeth Laird illustrates betrayal is by showing what people can be capable of, good and bad. For example, Maggie, a poor farm girl just trying to survive in the big, scary world almost seems to bring along destruction with her, wherever she goes. It doesn't help when Annie, a privileged servant, always seems to come along with the problems. Annie likes to use her charming and mercy tactics to win people over then turn them against Maggie. And when Maggie and her grandma get accused of…

The Real Consequences of Betrayal What makes betrayal so agonizing? It could possibly be that you trusted someone and they broke it. To betray someone you would have to harm someone or something physical or even mentally. Shakespeare's Macbeth demonstrates that you shouldn’t trust someone who has betrayed you before. What could cause you to stab someone in the back? Whatever you are thinking stabbing someone in the back is not worth it. Take a lesson from Macbeth: Prithee, see there.…

Offred’s constant contemplation over her words and actions when she is with other Handmaids relays her paralyzing fear of betrayal. The reader wonders whether Ofglen is really as pious as Offred judges her to be, or if her statements, like Offred’s, are just carefully constructed ways of protecting herself. Even those who do manage to find friendship in Gilead understand the dangers their friendships pose. When Offred first joins the mayday resistance, former Ofglen explains, “It isn’t good for…

Smith also questions the goodness of patriotism of the Cherokee Nation as well as the land itself. The love of the Cherokee people and the love of the land they cultivated and cared for are at odds when the treat of removal is at hand. In An American Betrayal, Smith attempts to answer his main question: to be a patriot do you look out for just the homeland or do you protect the people within the homeland? What makes this research unique is that Smith focuses on the fighting among the Cherokee…

The play Hamlet is a clear example of what betrayal does to the characters and meaning of a story. Claudius’ betrayal of his brother is a betrayal that filters down to the entire kingdom. The meaning that betrayal comes back to get you is the overall theme of Hamlet. Hamlet himself embodies this theme through his interactions with the other characters. The tones he expresses with them push forward the meaning of the work as a whole. Claudius’ betrayal to the kingdom and to Hamlet creates the…

accompanied by the ideological belief that loyalty ought to be esteemed above the treacheries of betrayal. The text of the play works to emphasizes the importance of Hamlet 's loyalty to his own father and simultaneously degrades the betrayals of friends and family to Hamlet 's cause of vengeance. However, this goal is undermined by the ambiguity with which the binary opposition of loyalty and betrayal is defined and portrayed in the characters of Hamlet, Polonius, Ophelia, and Laertes, even to…

peasantry, and most importantly, betrayal. Betrayal plays a very important role in this play. It portrays all of the hatred and tension between the characters. Betrayal drives characters such as Prospero to gain revenge on those who have turned their back on him, like his brother Antonio. Betrayal is the violation of one's trust, the breaking of one’s moral standard. Depending on the strength of the relationship, whether it be mutual friends or family, the effect of betrayal will vary. In…

The most painful betrayal is that of a friend, especially after you’ve just been stabbed 23 times. William Shakespeare was a famous poet and playwright who wrote the play called “Julius Caesar”. It was based on true events although some scenes may have been altered. In said play, one of the more major characters was Marcus Brutus, a friend to Caesar and respected leader. His character was developed through his actions, words, and qualities such as being naive, his sense of nobility, and his…