In The Glass Menagerie, The Great Gatsby, and Hamlet many characters were betrayed leading to distrust, tragedy, and death. In The Glass Menagerie the father betrays the family. Tom wants to leave but he doesn’t want to betray Laura, he just couldn’t stand his mother anymore. He is old enough to leave, but he had to take care of the family. He didn’t want his life in the factory he wanted adventure he wanted more, so he left. He got what he wanted, but never could leave behind Laura. I think that there was a sibling bond but not a motherly bond. Tom trusted Laura ,but not his mom. In the The Great Gatsby, Gatsby betrayed himself when he left his old life for his new one. He thought that if he could become rich he could get Daisy. He got Daisy but only for a …show more content…
She loved him but he was new money not old money. She could trust where Tom's money came from but not Gatsby's. Not only did Daisy betray Gatsby but she betrayed Tom. Tom didn’t care since he also betrayed her with his affair. They both betrayed each other but in the end it didn’t matter. Gatsby died and Tom had nothing to worry about anymore. They both stayed with each other. In Hamlet, Hamlet betrays his father. He didn’t get his revenge as fast as he wanted to because he was too distracted. He questioned the ghost and himself. If only he killed Claudius faster than maybe he could have saved his own life. His friends and his lover also betrays him. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern both work for Claudius but ends up dying. They deserved that for betraying hamlet. I don’t think Ophelia should have died she had to go with her father's words. If not she would have been disowned. If only she could have stayed with Hamlet. In all three of these books they all get betrayed. Everyone gets betrayed once in awhile, but it does not always lead to death. If no one betrayed each other nothing bad would have happened. It's always the ones that you trust that betrays