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Father-Child Relationship in Shakespearean Comedies and Romance
Shuyu Yang
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.10.005
General Education Center of R.O.C. Air Force Academy, Kaohsiung, R.O.C.
Lots of critics believe that “relationship” could be a central theme for Shakespeare’s plays. However, what Shakespeare portrays is not merely the relationship about “love,” but also the relationship in a family. This paper therefore aims to discuss the father-son relationship and the father-daughter relationship in the families portrayed in Shakespeare’s plays: The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest. I will analyze how the father-son relationship differs from the father-daughter relationship as exploring the love stories taking place in lives of our heroes and heroines. Additionally, I would like to bravely suspect Shakespeare’s intention to overturn the patriarchal frame in an exotic territory while depicting the struggle and entanglement of a father character who realizes the lonely emptiness he has to face after fulfilling the happiness of his child.
relationship, love, father-son relationship, father-daughter relationship
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