Family: Hamlet and the Lion in Winter
Sentence Outline
Concept: To survive families require certain familial values. All families must hold respect for each other, be loyal to each other, and support each other.
Thesis: When families hold a majority of these values the family will survive; however, when these values are absent, the family digitigrades
I. Respect within a family is important to build trust that is required in relationships.
A. In Hamlet 's family, there is lack of trust and respect for each other.
1. Gertrude remarries very quickly after the death of her husband. Hamlet finds this very disrespectful to his father.
2. Hamlet constantly tests those around him to see if he can trust them. He goes as far as to test his mother because he thinks she may be conspiring against him.
3. Hamlet disrespects the woman he loves by telling her to go to a whore house.
B. Similarly to Hamlet 's family, Henry II 's family is absent of trust and the respect that comes along with it.
1. Henry shows disrespect to Eleanor.
a) He takes a mistress while still married.
b) He locks his wife in a dungeon.
2. Eleanor sleeps with Henry 's father.
3. Henry shows lack of trust for his sons when he puts them in his dungeon.
4. The family conspires against each other, and as a result, they do not trust each other. Geoffrey takes advantage of John 's foolishness
C. Unlike the other two families, the Undershaft family holds the utmost respect for each other.
1. Stephen shows the respect one would expect a child would give his mother by obeying her commands.
2. When Andrew decides that he wants to become a man and be independent, both of his parents choose to obey his desires.
3. Although they disagree with each others morals, Andrew and Barbara agree to visit each others very different work environment so they can learn more about each other.
II. Besides respect, loyalty to each other and to familial obligations is vital to a healthy family.
A. While Hamlet 's family may lack respect and
Concept: To survive families require certain familial values. All families must hold respect for each other, be loyal to each other, and support each other.
Thesis: When families hold a majority of these values the family will survive; however, when these values are absent, the family digitigrades
I. Respect within a family is important to build trust that is required in relationships.
A. In Hamlet 's family, there is lack of trust and respect for each other.
1. Gertrude remarries very quickly after the death of her husband. Hamlet finds this very disrespectful to his father.
2. Hamlet constantly tests those around him to see if he can trust them. He goes as far as to test his mother because he thinks she may be conspiring against him.
3. Hamlet disrespects the woman he loves by telling her to go to a whore house.
B. Similarly to Hamlet 's family, Henry II 's family is absent of trust and the respect that comes along with it.
1. Henry shows disrespect to Eleanor.
a) He takes a mistress while still married.
b) He locks his wife in a dungeon.
2. Eleanor sleeps with Henry 's father.
3. Henry shows lack of trust for his sons when he puts them in his dungeon.
4. The family conspires against each other, and as a result, they do not trust each other. Geoffrey takes advantage of John 's foolishness
C. Unlike the other two families, the Undershaft family holds the utmost respect for each other.
1. Stephen shows the respect one would expect a child would give his mother by obeying her commands.
2. When Andrew decides that he wants to become a man and be independent, both of his parents choose to obey his desires.
3. Although they disagree with each others morals, Andrew and Barbara agree to visit each others very different work environment so they can learn more about each other.
II. Besides respect, loyalty to each other and to familial obligations is vital to a healthy family.
A. While Hamlet 's family may lack respect and
Cited: Goldman, James. The Lion in Winter. New York: Rand House Trade Paperbacks, 1981. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. New York: Washington Square P, 1992. Shaw, George B. George Bernard Shaw 's Plays. 2nd ed. New York: W.W Norton and Company, 2002. 203-285.