Loyalty In Hamlet

William Shakespeare, in his written drama, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, arrays an almost-overwhelming multitude of intense familial events, executed in such a way that the concepts of morality and corruption are slurred, sparking the opposing viewpoints of whether the concept of passion is more foundationally bound to love or to hate. Shakespeare uses contrasting, as well as comparative concepts to generate and maintain complex tensions and conflicts between the characters throughout the play. One example is the idea of loyalty, and the differing views on how it relates to love as well as hate. An additional subject for analysis is the existence of lust between characters and how it alters the relations of the family members. Along with these two topics, this drama continually incorporates the strong feelings of guilt and self-scrutiny in the deeper parts of the characters’ minds.

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Directing back to the opposing views of the incestuous thoughts he was having about his mother, it is now a debate of whether it is display of a deeper level respect and love connection that is a crucial part of his motivation for carrying out his ghostly father’s commands, or a hedonist desire that proves the declining state of his psychological