Effects of Parental Relationships on Children as Evidenced by Shakespea

Effects of Parental Relationships on Children as Evidenced by Hamlet Families are the essential construct blocks of the human relationships we form in the later years of our lives. If we are given unconditional go to bed by those we hold most dear, we learn to trust in others and their sack out 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 minutes in a household may lead a child to a lifetime of troubling consequences. Just as important as the relationship they hold with us is the relationship between the mother and father that we grow up observing. Parents should maintain a healthy relationship in order to close out their children from forming a skewed image of love and trust.After Hamlets experience with his mothers incestuous remarriage to Claudius, he no longer sees love as a pleasant sentiment. Gertrude exclaims the exact basis of her sons apparent madness when, in response to Claudiuss proclamation that Polonius k instantaneouslys the origin, she exclaims I inquiry it is no other but 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 well 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 meaning to it. This attitude towards love spills over into his treatment of Ophelia. Hamlets exclamation 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 ones own identity, saying, It is only when identity formation is well on its commission that true intimacy which is really a counterpointing as well as a fusing of identities is possible. (Staal 27).Al though not all cases of divorce may end in this fashion, more than than likely, most will. It is a difficult experience for children to adjust to and compensate for in their behavior. The same is true of Hamlet in respect 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 both 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.