They are often critical to the plot of a story and are intrinsically demonstrative of a major focus the genre: that which is hidden, or cast off, repressed and defies orthodoxy. ... In The Tempest, Prospero's ultimate control over his daughter is shown by his ability to put her to sleep at will. ... Certainly many other of Shakepeare's plays pivot on the acts of an overbearing father or patriarch who is manipulating the action. In her dissertation "Something Old And Dark Has Got Its Way," Nathalie Hewitt points out that: : "The dominant figures are the paternal characters, tho...

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Shakespeare was born into a wealthy family is that his father John Shakespeare was a businessman and his mother Mary Arden came from a wealthy family, but later came adversity and John Shakespeare was devoted to a butcher with the help of their children . Shakespeare was the third of eight children and seven years after his birth, his father takes over as mayor in Stratford, allowing him to study at the best school in that place, who would later leave by choice. ... In 1583, Susan and her daughter would be born two years later, her twins, Judith and Hamnet, the latter died at the age of eleven...

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People may well think of Romeo and Juliet to be "the greatest love story ever told", due to their rather vague knowledge of the passion shared by the two main lovers. ... Juliet's father, Capulet, takes a very simplistic and well-informed approach to love, without compromising to too great an extent the feelings and emotions of his daughter. ... , her father replies with respect and sympathy for Juliet, but also without ruling out his own permission. ... There is no obvious relationship between her and her daughter, but she still sees her, almost, as a belonging, which she cannot identify...

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Egeus, Hermia's father, forbids the relationship with Lysander and orders her to marry Demetrius. ... In retaliation to her father's command, Hermia and Lysander run away together. ... (Scott 370-373) Male domination not only exists between husband and wife, but also between father and daughter. ... In this area, legends, myths, and impossible stories originate. ... The fairies bring the stories to you from the East. ...

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Juliet is the strong-willed young daughter of Capulet, a rich man in Verona. ... Though, her father is not willing to let her choose a husband for herself (Act 1, Scene 2) "But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part. ... Romeo and Juliet is very much the story of a girl becoming a woman. ... The entire story is based on her decisions and how they affect the rest of the details in the story. ... Her obedience is completely gone when she defies her father and tells him she will not marry Paris. ...

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Her father Capulet, though happy at the match, asks Paris to wait two years, since Juliet is not yet even fourteen. ... When he finds out from Juliet's nurse that she is the daughter of Capulet "his family's enemy "he becomes distraught. ... Juliet learns that her father, affected by the recent events, now intends for her to marry Paris in just three days. ... Love compels him to sneak into the garden of his enemy's daughter, risking death simply to catch a glimpse of her. ...

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Juliet is shown to be immature in a opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. ... Love and Hate in Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare wrote the story of two lover's Romeoand Juliet. ... The families had to have love and hate or story would have been so good.The fight of Merutio and Tybalt was an act of hate between the two societies.In that sence Romeo had to show his hate by killing Tybalt. ...

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If their parent's had not been feuding and if the Nurse had not betrayed Juliet, the outcome of this story would have been different, although fate could not be changed. ... She holds fast to her heart's desire despite the foreshadowing threats of her father, "Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee."" ... When Juliet's mother, Lady Capulet, asks her daughter Juliet about her opinions on marriage, Juliet is very respectful with her answer. ...

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