Loyalty

Just from the first act of Winter's Tale, it seems that loyalty is going to be a big issue. First there's King Leontes' wavering loyalty and belief in his wife, Hermione. There's the loyalty that should exist between friends such as Leontes and Polixenes, which apparently Leontes is now disregarding. And there's also the questionable loyalty of the servant Camillo. Camillo is interesting though, because we're not quite sure what he's supposed to be loyal to. He is a servant of King Leontes, and therefore should be loyal to him, but Camillo seems even more interested in truth and saving the life of King Polixenes. Are Camillio's loyalties somewhere a bit more valuable than in his master's word? It seems to me that his loyalties lie with doing the right thing, with life and truth. But these bold values make him traitor to the crown. Already, the theme of Winter's Tale is more one of loyalties lost than kept, and the consequences of breaking trust.