1. Love and Loyalty in Hamlet
What if that influence gives an order that clashes with your moral code, testing the boundaries of your conscience? ... Loyalty is synonymous to love. So, Hamlet's, or even Laertes' love toward Ophelia could be used as a proper example. ... "No one has greater love than this: to lay down one's life for a friend." (John 15:13) Throughout Hamlet, loyalties are tried and tested, characters' decisions impact future actions more than they realize, and death constantly looms over the entire scene, driving the plot onward....
- Word Count: 582
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School