When Hamlet lost his father, he felt exactly these symptoms. The only problem was that Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, didn't. She moved on abnormally quickly and married the new king, Polonius. Hamlet says to himself: “It is a weedless garden that grows to seed. Gross and gross things in nature simply possess it. That this could only happen after two dead months, or rather, a lot, not two” (1.2.139-142). This is the moment when the trust between Hamlet and Gertrude disappears. He is so disgusted that Gertrude didn't even wait two months before marrying her next husband, who happens to be Hamlet's next king and uncle. The trust between mother and son is so important and Gertrude, by breaking this trust, devastated Hamlet and transformed him into a different person. In Antigone, the same consequences occur when trust is broken. Antigone is very upset that Creon told the city of Thebes not to bury her brother. This decision was made because his brother was once the ruler of the city of Thebes and transformed it into a city of chaos. Despite this, not burying a deceased person is a huge sign of disrespect and Antigone would not allow this to happen. As a result, she asked her sister Ismene to help her on the mission. Ismene is really hesitant when Antigone brings up this idea because she values the law more than her family. Therefore Antigone says: “I will not persuade you.
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