The Father/Son Struggle in Neoclassic Literature

A discussion of the timelessness of the father/son struggle as seen through Neoclassic literature, with a look at similarities and differences between the struggles today.

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The work chooses several neoclassic works to demonstrate the timeless phenomenon of the struggle between father and son. The problematic relationship between father and son is therefore timeless and although there are differences between the various struggles, similarities also exist.

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"Throughout time there has existed a constant struggle between fathers and sons, almost as a right of passage into manhood. Many literary works have addressed this very issue either directly or as a means to assist in the development of a story or to establish things such as tone and setting. I have chosen to discuss three such relationships from selected works derived from the Neoclassicism era. I will compare and contrast these relationships and show the effect each had on the selected work. The three dyads are Orgon and Damis from Jean-Baptist Moliere's Tartuffe, Theseus and Hippolytus, from Jean Racine's Phaedre, and finally Bao-yu and Jia Zheng from Cao Xueqin's Story of the Stone."

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The Father/Son Struggle in Neoclassic Literature (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 14, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-The-Father-Son-Struggle-in-Neoclassic-Literature/1111

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"The Father/Son Struggle in Neoclassic Literature" 15 January 2012. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-The-Father-Son-Struggle-in-Neoclassic-Literature/1111>