Hamlet demonstrates his desire to trust and reluctance to trust before he explains what he and the ghost of his father talked about. We know trust is an issue with Hamlet because he is so reluctant before he tells his friends the truth and because his mom broke his trust when she got married to his father's brother. Hamlet's father's ghost has to force Hamlet just he did with his friends to not tell any one the secret that has been told. It's obvious Polonius doesn't trust his son because he sends a spy to his son's school.
In the beginning of chapter 8, Bernard asks John to explain his life because nothing seemed to make sense to him, "' As though we were living on different planets, in different centuries. A mother, and all this dirt, and gods, and old age, and disease …' He shook his head. 'It's almost inconceivable. I shall never understand, unless you explain.'" Linda could care less about a relationship and it tears apart other relationships on the Reservation because she sleeps with so many other men. John realizes she's up to no good when the other women start pushing Linda away. When Linda and John get back, Popé is waiting for them with mescal for Linda. John hates Popé so he attempts to kill him while he's sleeping with Linda and all Popé does is credit his bravery. When Huxley uses the Shakespeare allusions in chapter 8, it gives us sort of clarification on how people in Brave New World act similarly to those in Hamlet because Hamlet and John both feel bet...
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