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Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Diane Dreher |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1989 |
| Size: 6,399 Words, 39,532 Characters |
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Psychologists are just beginning to understand the importance of the father-daughter relationship. Yet three centuries ago, Shakespeare portrayed it as a bond of deep significance, central to twenty-one of his plays from the early Two Gentlemen of Verona to his late play The Tempest. The father of two daughters himself, he explored this relationship throughout his comedies, tragedies, and romances.
Shakespeare's plays repeatedly depict the fathers at middle life, reluctant to release their daughters as they stand at the threshold of adult commitment in marriage. The passionate conflicts, fears, and insecurities, as each faces a crucial challenge of adulthood, cast new light on questions of moral development, male and female sex roles, and traditional and progressive social norms.
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...ma of men and women who seek new ways of loving and relating. Shakespeare's successful fathers and daughters are paradigms of personal integration. They love without possessiveness, fear, or domination, offering a hope that shines like the light in Portia's window across the darkness of a confused, competitive, and often violent cosmos, affirming a vision of peace to their world--and our own.
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