Nada Ramadan CVSP203 – Final paper I was having a discussion the other day with a friend about polygamy. This friend was dating someone. He went on a vacation abroad and decided to go out with another girl. My argument was that he shouldn’t because it’s not fair for the girl he’s dating to be left in the dark and be betrayed like that. His argument was that we can’t expect to have all this temptation in front of us and not be drawn to our polygamous nature. In this case, several arguments could arise because of the socially constructed cultural background we both live in. Some would argue that it’s acceptable to have more than one lover because of the religious understanding that a man is entitled to have more than one partner. Others would argue that polygamy is in our nature and we can’t be expected to not be lured into another’s affection. Another argument would be that each person is made for one other person and that’s what makes us monogamous. In reality, it all depends on our own mindset to know which path to follow, or at least that’s just one opinion. According to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it is considered acceptable to marry and be beloved by more than one person since circumstances diverted to lead to that end. Hamlet’s case reveals that his mother, Gertrude, should not have married “a vice of kings, A cutpurse of the empire and the rule”. Though that is one opinion on the table, his mother Gertrude would negate him with this ideal since she married Claudius for the