Love is a bond that two people share linked by emotions. When you love a person, it may or may not be tied to conditions. Being in love with another human being is a deeper union bound by a strong passion linked to certain conditions or understood promises. Some of these clauses or conditions may include; loyalty, honesty, reliability and sincere commitment. If these promises are broken, the devastation can send your life and mental state out of control. Being in love with one of your parents, as strange as it may seem, may not be that far-fetched. A parent and their son and/or daughter share a bond of emotions that are revered from the child's perspective. Parents share unconditional love. Children, however, share love through levels of expectation believed to be higher than any other conditional love. They have yet to grasp the concept of unconditional love. Becoming devastated as if their world has been torn apart when those expectations and beliefs are shattered, children experience a range of uncontrollable emotions. These feelings can include confusion, indignation-driven anger, and sometimes even violence once the relationship is destroyed. The child begins to question everything he has been shown or told and those with whom he has close relationships, showing mistrust. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, there are many different possible interpretations as to why Hamlet develops personality and character changes. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis, was the first to suggest the existence of the Oedipus theory or complex. Freud suggests, “that children have a subconscious feeling of competition and even hatred towards the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romanticism... middle of paper...en. Hamlet demonstrated a sort of competition towards King Hamlet. Instead of immediately confronting the queen for her infidelity, Hamlet had to be certain that his mother was guilty of such charges. The kind of love Hamlet showed towards his mother, unknowingly, was far from the love of a son for his mother. Hamlet revealed hidden signs of being in love with his mother and it is the reason why he endured emotional agony. In a certain sense, we are all powerless to love. WORKS CITED Chiriac, Jean. “The discovery of the Oedipus complex”. Sigmund Freud's self-analysis. 2009. Harvard University Press. February 1, 2010 .Durband, Alan. Shakespeare made easy: Hamlet. New York: Barron, 1986.JRank Encyclopedia of Psychology. “Psychoanalysis”. Psychoanalysis and personality development. Net industries. 2010.