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Subject: Shakespeare dialogue in reference to...
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: smokingmonkey-ga
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Posted: 29 Mar 2005 00:33 PST
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Question ID: 501869
Hi, I would like to know some dialogue from Shakespeare plays
(excluding 'King Lear') that deal pointedly with the relationship
between parent and child.  Please, no monologues, but rather exchanges
between a few characters.  For an answer, simple act/scene references
with overview will suffice and 5 or 6 instances should do.  Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Shakespeare dialogue in reference to...
From: badger75-ga on 29 Mar 2005 15:01 PST
 
Shakepeare?s plays have many conversations between parents and adult
children. Mostly father to daughter and mostly regarding concerns that
the daughter has improper or dishonorable plans against the father?s
wishes.  A reflection of the poet?s own relationships with his own
adult daughters.


Hamlet
Act I, Scene II
Hamlet and his mother Queen Gertrude begin indirect argumentation that
will escalate throughout the play.

Act I, Scene III
Polonius directly talks to his children Ophelia and Laertes giving advice to both.

Act III, Scene I 
Polonius, father of Ophelia, in the presence of the King & Queen,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, addresses his daughter as to her health
and happiness. Complex scene in which Hamlet?s state of mind is
discussed, then turns to Queen Gertrude and father Polonius expressing
hopes that Hamlet will come to his senses and find Ophelia attractive,
interrupted by Hamlet's entrance and clever word play with Ophelia.

Act III, Scene II
Clever, complex scene in which most of the main characters are
present. Polonius addresses both Hamlet and Ophelia indirectly by
talking to the King and Queen. Queen Gertrude addresses Hamlet
indirectly by speaking to the King and Polonius.  Extremely sly word
play as Hamlet is now engaged in verbal dueling with all others.

Act III, Scene IV
Extended conversation between Queen Gertrude and her son Hamlet as he
makes direct accusations and she calls him mad.

Merchant of Venice
Act II, Scene V
Shylock and his daughter Jessica have a strained indirect conversation
regarding his plans and hers.

Romeo and Juliet
Act I Scene III
Lady Capulet and Juliet discuss her intentions about marriage


Othello
Act I, Scene III
Brabantio, father of Desdemona, has been baited by Iago into making
accusations before the Duke and Senators about Othello?s dishonorable
intentions toward his daughter. Othello and Desdemona address the
claims, Desdemona talking both to her father and to the Senate.
Brabantio foreshadows the action to come by warning Othello in his
daughter?s presence that his daughter has dishonored him.

A Midsummer Nights Dream
Act I, Scene I 
Egeus, the father and his daughter Hermia discuss her marriage plans
and the tension of father-daughter over conflicting intentions.

Titus Andronicus
Act III, Scene I
Titus Andronicus and his sons Martius and Quintus and Lucius. Titus
and his son Lucius have a tragic, intense conversation before Senate
judges that have condemned the other two sons to execution. Titus
pleading for their lives, Lucius telling his father that it is in
vain.

The Shakespearean device of characters talking to each other
indirectly by speaking to other characters who have a vested interest
in the action is common and adds a wicked twist.
Subject: Re: Shakespeare dialogue in reference to...
From: macromicromini-ga on 14 May 2005 20:18 PDT
 
Richard III:
Act 4, Scene 4:
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margaret, Duchess of York,
and then interchange between Duchess of York (mother) and
Richard III (son) and conversation between Richard III and Queen Elizabeth.

Romeo and Juliet (a lot of scenes are indirectly related, as noted in
previous comment):
Act 4, Scene 2
Conversation between Juliet and parents (Capulet and Lady Capulet)

The Tempest:
Act 2, Scene 1
Miranda and "father," Prospero

Coriolanus:
Act 1, Scene 3
Volumnia discussing son
Act 3, Scene 2
Volumnia directly to Coriolanus (son)

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