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Fathers and daughters

One father misjudges his daughters, punishing the good and rewarding the evil. The other seems overprotective and possessive. Do they have anything in common? Perhaps that neither really sees the girls as separate persons, but just as possessions or extensions of himself. Look at the opening scene of Lear and the first father-daughter scene in Tempest, focussing less on the specific words than on how the fathers treat the daughters. (You might also consider the parallel scene in Hamlet). That should start you off on a "Despite the obvious differences, there are underlying similarities...." thesis.

Posted by Hamlet on April 07, 1997 at 11:50:35
 In Reply to "Parent-Child relationships in The Tempest and King Lear" posted by TInkerbell on April 06, 1997 at 12:53:42


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