Top Five Father/Daughter Relationships in Shakespeare

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5. Portia and her father, Merchant of Venice: “so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.”

4. Jessica and Shylock, Merchant of Venice: “My daughter! My ducats! My daughter! My ducats!”

3. Perdita and Leontes, A Winter’s Tale: born in prison and doomed to death as an infant by her jealous father who thinks that she is illegitimate.

2. Prospero and Miranda, The Tempest: raised on an island with only her father after being exiled.

1. Cordelia and King Lear: disowned by her father because he thinks she does not love him; her death ultimately breaks Lear.

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One Response to “Top Five Father/Daughter Relationships in Shakespeare”

  1. bob dylan

    Mar 11th, 2011

    LMFAIO!!!!!!!!

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