Dr. Iannis And Pelagia's Relationship With Mandras

Athena also spoke of father and sons as. “Few sons are like their fathers: most are worse, a few excel their parents.” As shown the role of fatherhood is significant, just as the quest of the son is to learn from his father

Toula’s father wants her to be a typical Greek girl that follows the Greek tradition to the tee. He wants her to be how Greek girls should be. He is controlling and obsessive about the Greek culture and Toula has rightly gotten annoyed of his repetitiveness. She thinks he is so stubborn and stuck into the Greek heritage and how me makes that his entire life – it is his pride. Ellen’s father also wanted what he thought was best for his daughter but what he wanted was at least based on some reasoning. He knew what was best, Toula’s father didn’t, obviously. A good relationship with parents who are encouraging can facilitate the child to follow his or her dreams. For example, a good relationship might include parents encouraging the child

It is inferred that the parents should take care of their children and have their best interest at heart. This however, is not the case in Greek and Roman mythology. The killing of ones own children, or filicide, was not viewed as negative upon in their era. The contemporary times contrast with the ancient Greek and Roman’s because it was justified to use any means necessary to obtain a higher status. The Greeks and Romans valued keeping a high social reputation and having respect for those of great power. The motherly union between their children conflict with the reality that the father strives to retain or gain control. These circumstances cause a tense bond between the members of the family. The strained parent to child relationship in

In Harry Mark Petrakis's short story "Song of Rodanthe" and Amanda Michalopoulou's short story "The Firefly Hunt" the themes revolve around how parent's decisions affect their children. In "Song of Rodanthe" the main character is not allowed to choose the man she wants to marry unless her father approves. In "The Firefly Hunt" the main character attempts to reconnect with his children after divorcing their mother. The subject of male figures that attempt to control the women around them is common in Greek culture and writing. In Petrakis and Michalopoulou's stories the reader is shown how daughters are influenced by the choices their fathers make.

The relationships between parents and their sons in the Iliad are not relationships we expect to see in today’s society. The Iliad portrays the relationships between fathers and sons as something more than just physical and emotional. It is based on pride and respect for one another. The expectations of their son are more so to pass on their fathers reputable name and to follow in their father’s footsteps of being noble warriors. These relationships are the driving forces in the Iliad, making each son in the Iliad identifiable first by their father’s name. An outcome of the father–son relationships is ancestral loyalty among the characters which play a prominent role in war. Therefore, not only does the Iliad share a major war story, but

The first sentence of the story blatantly illustrates the message of gender issues through the flat character of Atalanta’s father. “There once was a man from Arcadia, in southern Greece, who hoped for a son, and when his wife gave birth to a daughter, he abandoned the child in the woods.” Atalanta’s father throwing her away, because of her sex is a key demonstration of gender issues in the story. It is understandable for a parent to want to produce an offspring that will achieve greatness. It is also understandable for a parent to want to produce an offspring that is a successful individual who can play a key role in society. Since men in these societies were only capable of achieving greatness and success, Atalanta’s father

Although single parenthood is on the rise in homes today, children still often have a father role in their life. It does not matter who the part is filled by: a father, uncle, older brother, grandfather, etc...; in almost all cases, those relationships between the father (figure) and child have lasting impacts on the youth the rest of their lives. In “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” Jimmy Carter tells the audience no matter the situation with a father, hold onto every moment.

Furthermore, the law was another problem obstacle that influenced affected love negatively. The Athenian law states that every woman must obey obey her father. “To you your father should be as a god.” (Shakespeare, 11). This quote states that to women, their father should be their God, only obeying him. and the only one they should obey. Hermia’s father, Egeus, refuses to allow to her to marry Lysander, as we wants her to marry Demetrius. Egeus uses using the power of the law over Hermia and this is is demonstrated when he says “As she is mine, I may dispose of her.” (Shakespeare, 11). Lysander and Hermia’s relationship is affected because Hermia must obey her father or face the consequences of the law. Additionally, the law impacts affects the love between Hermia and Lysander because Egeus takes the issue to the Duke, Theseus. Theseus states;

She does not like her father’s decision and wants to fight against it. Although she is advised to do as her father wants, the love she feels for Lysander is to strong for her to ignore. In modern day society, parents tend to know what is best for the children and try to lead them into doing what they want. It all goes to show their love but sometimes it is taken too far.

Mandras is a young, handsome fisherman who is engaged to Pelagia at the begin of the novel. He is depicted as cheerful and boyish with a theatrical charm. When Pelagia see Mandras catching fish with some dolphins, she describes him wistfully as “man who was so sleek, so at one with the sea, so much like a fish, a man naked and wild, a man like Adam”.(pg.424) This only solidified the reader’s image of Mandra’s God like beauty. Despite his kind-hearted nature and attractive appearance Mandras is considered unsuitable to marry Pelagia, who is the daughter of the town’s doctor. To prove his worth as a husband, Mandras enlists with the Greek army in hopes of becoming a war hero. Military life is not the glorious experience Mandras expected, however

Throughout literary history, authors have categorized mothers as nurturing, critical, and caring; works of literature characterize fathers, however, as providers who must examples for their children and embrace their protective, “fatherly” instincts. However, many works’ fathers fall short when it comes to acting the role of the ideal dad. Instead of being there for their children, they are away and play very miniscule roles in their children’s lives; instead of protecting he actually ends up hurting their kids. Thus, the paternal literary lens tries to determine whether or not the work’s father figure fits the “perfect father” archetype. This lens questions whether or not the father figure is his children’s active example, provider, and

The play ‘The Merchant of Venice’, by William Shakespeare, shows two different father-daughter relationships. The relationships are between Portia and her recently diseased father, the other involving Jessica and Shylock, a Jewish money lender. The first relationship emphasizes love, respect and trust whereas the other are obviously different. Portia’s relationship with her recently deceased father was full of respect and love, whereas Jessica didn't like her father and thought he was rude.

The relationships between Odysseus and Telemachus and also of Poseidon and Polyphemus in The Odyssey gives us several examples for the aspects in which the Greeks valued in father son relationships. If you think about it, people admire similar aspects today. Fathers can still be relied upon to defend their sons and are motivated to help raise them into good men. However, we can compare them to how we view father and son relationships today and see how they may have changed and why. Nevertheless, the bond a father has with his son can impact the lives of them and the people around them

The role of a father could be a difficult task when raising a son. The ideal relationship between father and son perhaps may be; the father sets the rules and the son obeys them respectfully. However it is quite difficult to balance a healthy relationship between father and son, because of what a father expects from his son. For instance in the narratives, “Death of a Salesman,” and “Fences” both Willy and Troy are fathers who have a difficult time in earning respect from their sons, and being a role model for them. Between, “Death of a Salesman,” and “Fences,” both protagonists, Willy and Troy both depict the role of a father in distinctive ways; however, in their struggle, Willy is the more sympathetic of the two.

Fathers and sons have special bonds that connect them in a different way from other individuals. Although they may not expose much emotion, respect and honor are key factors that link their relationships. Siddhartha and his father had a certain understanding towards each other. Siddhartha loved, feared, respected and was patient towards his father; an equal amount of these traits were reciprocated with the addition of understanding.