Hamlet12

wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheet! It is not nor it cannot come to good: but break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue. (Act I, Scene II, line 138-158)
             As shown by Hamlet's words, his feelings are very clear. He is ashamed of his mother's bed hopping. However, what he's most hurt by is the fact that his mother was able to move on so quickly. To him, it appeared as if one day she was living on his father's each and every word, and then the next sleeping with his uncle. The unusual thing about this situation though, was how accepting the people of Denmark were to their new king.
             In today's society, there would be no difference in how the son of a mother might feel, but definitely a distinct difference in how all other people would feel. Incestuous
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