Or conscience/good side. In the Hamlet parallel, I think he's Horatio, though the Hamlet comparison pretty much breaks down in the middle seasons.
The Hamlet dynamic has never really been more than an obvious sales pitch to get the show started. The real conflict & theme of the show was always about power and bonds, not the elementary coming of age thing implied early on.
I had to go and write this, even as one of the most Hamlet-eaque episodes of the whole run was hitting the air, with the title "To Thine Own Self."

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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Started watching Sons of Anarchy, and I'm having a love-hate relationship
19/11/2012 10:05:32 PM
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They do string out the deaths, but things also change, especially in seasons 4-5
20/11/2012 04:40:00 PM
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Let me attempt to clarify
20/11/2012 07:29:02 PM
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Yeah, I get that.
21/11/2012 04:15:19 AM
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Okay, this will teach me to say things...
21/11/2012 11:08:33 PM
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There weren't any loveable characters in Oz, either, and that show was great *NM*
20/11/2012 07:04:49 PM
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