Google celebrated the genius of Shakespeare on his death anniversary (23 April) with a doodle. Shakespeare deserves commemorations and celebrations. What has fascinated me the most is the theme of betrayal in Shakespeare. Our own experiences determine our favourite themes. “To be or not to be” is a question that rose from the gut of the wavering prince of Denmark whose trust in mankind was betrayed by none other than his mother. There was poison in that mother’s heart. When she smiled serpents writhed in their mating pits. “Die, die,” hissed the serpents to the wavering intellectual. Death is the noblest consummation in the world of betrayals. If your mother betrays you, if she betrays her husband your father, what more is left in the world to be trusted? How many heartaches should we suffer before we can shuffle off our mortal coil? How many thousand natural shocks is our flesh heir to? Shakespeare’s Hamlet asked those and umpteen other questions. In thos
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