Effects of Parental Relationships on Children as Evidenced by Shakespea

Effects of P arental Relationships on Children as testify by Hamlet Families are the essential building blocks of the relationships we form in the later years of our lives. If we are given unconditional love by those we hold most dear, we learn to trust in others and their love for us. However, if we do not receive the appropriate attention, we may grow to believe that we are incapable of either being loved or loving others. These kinds of legal proceeding in a household may lead a babe to a lifetime of troubling consequences. Just as important as the relationship they hold with us is the relationship between the mother and commence that we grow up observing. Parents should keep on a healthy relationship in order to prevent their children from forming a skewed image of love and trust. aft(prenominal) Hamlets experience with his mothers incestuous re uniting to Claudius, he no longer sees love as a pleasant sentiment. Gertrude exclaims the involve basis of her sons apparent madn ess when, in answer to Claudiuss proclamation that Polonius k at a times the origin, she exclaims I doubt it is no other hardly the main, / His fathers death and oerhasty marriage. (II. ii. 59-60). This swift and incestuous marriage suggests to Hamlet the impermanence of human affection as tumesce as of life, and it also, less obviously, compels him to think of the violation of the union which gave him his own life and being. (Scott 110). He learns from this occurance that love is nothing but a fleeting emotion, with no message to it. This attitude towards love spills over into his treatment of Ophelia. Hamlets exclaiming of Frailty, thy name is woman (I. ii. 152) applies in his mind, not only to Gertrude, but now also to Ophelia. ... ... in others after forming a firm sense of angiotensin-converting enzymes own identity, saying, It is only when identity formation is well on its way that true intimacy which is really a counterpointing as well as a fusing of identities is pos sible. (Staal 27).Although not all cases of divorce may death in this fashion, more than likely, most will. It is a difficult experience for children to discipline to and compensate for in their behavior. The same is true of Hamlet in revere to Gertrudes rapid remarriage to the murderer of her recently departed husband. Her actions have an effect on her sons way of thinking and ultimately, acting throughout the play. Love and trust are the two most difficult emotions for children in these situations to rebuild after a complicated experience. Therefore, to protect their children, parents should always maintain a healthy, cordial relationship.