Essays on Betrayal

Amir is the locked house holding back an egregious secret that could have saved a life. Just as the house was hidden in the trees, Amir’s secret was covered up and not about to come out. Once Amir found out that Hassan, his half brother,...

Lantana, directed by Ray Lawrence, is an Australian film that follows the lives of a group of people living in Suburban Sydney, as they attempt to navigate their relationships with the ones they love. The film explores intense themes of betrayal, trust, loss and love,...

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, motifs are displayed throughout the play. Motifs such as life and death, truth and lies, and loyalty and betrayal, are some of the biggest ones, just to name a few. The motifs in the play are used to...

Betrayal and Relationships: A juxtaposition of The Foundling by Heinrich von Kleist and Blond Eckbert by Ludwig Tieck Two stories worthy of comparison are The Foundling by Heinrich von Kleist and Blond Eckbert by Ludwig Tieck. Both have a theme of invasion from another person...

Foreshadowing Betrayal Cleopatra’s betrayal is not unexpected at all if one closely reads the text in Antony and Cleopatra. There is ample foreshadowing of Cleopatra’s corrupted morals and sense of self. Antony’s infatuation with Cleopatra leads him to overlook her behavior and forgive her almost...

The themes of Loyalty and Betrayal in The Kite Runner The Kite Runner was the first novel written by Khaled Hosseini, and was published in 2003. The story is told through the eyes of the protagonist Amir, and the events of his life in Afghanistan,...

Through their respective texts, Atonement and Lantana, authors Ian McEwan and Ray Lawrence expertly convey the ideas of betrayal, atonement, loss and class. Within Atonement, McEwan employs stylistic features repetition, motif, symbolism and characterisation to explore the idea of betraying a loved one, the effort...