True Loyalty In William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Shakespeare seems to believe that extreme loyalty causes people to act rashly as shown by Mercutio fighting against Tybalt for Romeo, and Romeo and Juliet’s suicides.

Ophelia has suffered more than any other character in the play, as she’s been used, abused, broken, and humiliated. Ophelia starts with no signs of mental illness, but the breaking point at which everything collapses for her is when her father is killed by Hamlet. She appears to have highly unusual behavior, delusions, hallucinations, and rebellious and suicidal tendencies. While these symptoms do not all fit into a certain illness, it's obvious she is affected by at least one, if not multiple strains on her mind. Her mind caused Ophelia to commit suicide, and it's unclear if it was intentional to end the suffering or committed by the lack of reality in herself. Mental health in Hamlet is shown as a killer of mind, and in some cases, of body, which would be accurate to an extent in representing the actuality of mental illness in an

Loyalty is a significant theme in ‘Hamlet’ because Hamlet himself judges people by their loyalty or disloyalty-his mother, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Horatio and he acts accordingly. The significance of the betrayal theme is that many of the major events in the play result from the betrayal of one character by another.

     Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a complex play, filled with layers of meaning. These are often revealed through the madness of the characters and the theme of madness throughout the play. Although Hamlet and Ophelia are the only characters thought to be so afflicted, the reactions of other characters to this madness mirrors their own preoccupations.

     Hamlet's madness drove him to seek revenge on anyone who seemed to be trying to trick him or get in his way. His madness and need for revenge led Hamlet to the accidental killing of Ophelia's [sic] father. He also wanted to make his stepfather pay for killing his father and convince his mother that she should be mourning her first husband's death. Ophelia's madness was directed at herself.  Without her father she was left with nothing. She felt that her chances with Hamlet were gone. A women without a man did not have many options to find fulfillment and satisfaction in life - as a result, Ophelia fell into a brook and drowned. Again, that they both took a life to rid themselves of the madness is another similarity.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is one of Shakespeare’s most tragic plays. Most of the characters in this play suffered a heartbreaking death, although, all of the characters faced anger, regret, madness or distress. Madness was a reoccurring theme in this play, two characters portrayed this more than others. Ophelia and Hamlet faced similar fates, with similarities and differences along the way, all to do with their madness.

To obey is to comply with a command and do what someone says, to carry out someone’s orders. Loyalty is to obey unconditionally, regardless of any negative consequences. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Disney’s The Lion King, themes of loyalty and revenge are developed through the characters and their interactions with each other. Firstly, Hamlet and Simba show complete loyalty to their deceased fathers, and seek atonement in their honour, despite their own personal struggles. Secondly, Claudius and Scar both take vengeance out of jealousy of not inheriting the throne, and are determined to maintain it by killing the princes. Lastly, Laertes and the Hyenas are devoted to their leaders, Claudius and Scar, and assist them in their plans of wrath.

Hamlet had treated Ophelia poorly by taking her fathers life and calling her a prostitute. His love for Ophelia was strong but it wasn't strong enough to treat Ophelia with great sweetness. In Doc. C: "Do not forget" he has slain Ophelia's father and that made her go psycho. In Doc.

Hamlet’s insanity can be thought of as a tragedy or misconception of reality. The death of his father had shaped the first few impressions of his own persona as well as a new experience with his new aunt. As  a result of his genius insanity prince Hamlet has devised a plan to make things more clear to the audience. “Hamlet’s behavior strikes the audience as abnormal on  several occasions. For example, Hamlet seems to be really mad when he is in front of Ophelia in disordered clothes. He behaves as if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of the horror”.  As the progress of the play foreshadows a significant end to his insanity that he acts upon.  As the play progresses throughout, Hamlet finds ways in order to give others the impression that he has lost his sanity from his “love” of Polonius’s daughter Ophelia. “(Ophelia)He grabbed me by the wrist and held me hard, then backed away an arm’s length and just looked at me, staring at me like an artist about to paint my

Without this man, Hamlet would be seen as this reckless individual whose only goal in mind is revenge. However, what Hamlet says to Horatio in Act III removes this complete perception of craziness to him. He tells him, “Four thou hast been a as one, in suff’ring all, that suffers nothing; a man that fortune’s buffets and rewards hast ta’en with equal thanks... Give me that man that is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him in my heart’s core…” (iii.ii.66-74) In shorter terms, he is basically praising what has been previously mentioned about Horatio, regarding his intelligence, level head, etc. He says that he has put his trust in him because of his ability to accept everything in his life, whether it be good or bad. He admires how he balances his emotion with logic, and doesn’t allow “passion” to carry him away with his actions. All of these traits describe what Hamlet cherishes in a good friend, and he claims this friend possesses everything. This places all of the opposite, unfavorable traits on the prince, thus allowing a reason for such actions like spying on Claudius to be somewhat acceptable because of his wild and overthinking

“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.” Loyalty is allegiance, devotion and constancy. In Hamlet, the battle rages when his father is found dead, and he later learns that the man responsible for his death was his own uncle. Hamlet’s loyalty is proven throughout the entire play. He expresses his anger towards his mother remarrying so quickly, which demonstrates his loyalty towards his father. Further into the novel, Hamlet devises a plan in order to avenge his father’s death. This is the ultimate display of loyalty, as he did not hesitate to risk his own life in order to get justice for his father. The loyalty displayed by Hamlet is crucial for the reader to portray him correctly. Hamlet displays various characteristics

Who was truly insane in the play Hamlet? Hamlet himself, Ophelia, or was it Claudius? Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare and is based around a character named Hamlet, and his objective is to get revenge on his father’s death. Hamlet later finds out that Claudius killed his father and stole the throne from him and now has an incestuous relationship with Hamlet’s mother. The death of his father caused Hamlet’s madness and has been obsessed with killing Claudius from then on. Madness is when someone who is Ill-logical, irrational, and unresponsive to certain emotions, but madness can also be blood – crazed where someone is fixated on killing. Throughout the play there many examples of characters that are corrupted by madness, but who was truly mad? Hamlet and Ophelia were mad, but what about Claudius? He started all of this insanity by killing King Hamlet in the first place.

Not only did Claudius display lack of loyalty but Hamlet did as well. Hamlet didn’t believe that he should show loyalty towards the villain who murdered his beloved father. Hamlet wouldn’t listen to Claudius when he told Hamlet to remain in Denmark instead of going back to Wittenberg.

Ophelia was in a bad situation throughout the play, leaving her without much control of her life. She was not able to fix things between her and Hamlet because Polonius, her father, prohibited her from seeing him. She was subject to the rule of her father above all else. This contributes to Hamlets “act” of being crazy. She blames herself for Hamlet's

Could this have been Shakespeare’s example of betrayal vs loyalty. Shakespeare created the story called “Hamlet”, born in england he was an english poet ,playwright and an actor. Over Shakespeare’s time as a playwright he managed to write 37 plays and 154 sonnets. The sonnets may not have been well known but the 37 plays were famous. Most people specifically have heard of the stories such as, Macbeth , Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, and hamlet. Hamlet centers mainly around the main protagonist Hamlet who is the prince of Denmark , next in line for the crown but certain events have happened preventing things to go so smoothly for him. Gertrude Hamlet’s mother who is now married to Hamlet’s uncle after Hamlet’s father death she married Hamlet’s uncle not even a month later but she may have had affairs with Hamlet’s uncle before king Hamlet’s death. Claudius is Hamlet’s uncle and the current king after the death of king Hamlet and currently married to Gertrude mother. Polonius the right hand of the king who may not be very smart but follows Claudius obediently and tries to spy on hamlet, polonius is also the father of 2 Ophelia , and Laertes. Ophelia the daughter of Polonius , Hamlet and Ophelia had a little connection at the beginning of the story , Ophelia is very loyal to polonius doing whatever that may have been said. Laertes the son of polonius Loyal to his father and the kingdom. Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are the noble men and servants of the kingdom, doing whatever