Do the following Starter Paper:
Phaedra Starter Question
Passion’s boundaries. What does the play say about the limits of passion?
Rationality. How effective is rationality in decision making?
Father and Son relationship. How do the achievements of a father weigh on a son?
Step Families. What does the play imply about step family structure?
Royalty and governmental power. How is power controlled in a monarchy?
Make sure you select only one theme. Double space and type your paper.
4 comments:
The fathers achievements weigh heavily on the son since he has to meet his fathers achievements or even surpass them to be looked upon as his father once was. Also this will cause the son much stress since he has to live up to what his father once was and still is.
Yes, I agree. The father also seems to view his son as a failure because of a lack of achievement. The issue of father/son relationships is deep in the play. The question gets complicated when Phaedra is considered because she really has passion for the son but settles for the father--wow talk about generational competition!
lol. This is very true when you see that Phaedra wants the son and how passionate she is about the love she holds for him, but is some what waved off by the son and the father seems to swoop in to get the left overs that his son does not want. Its as though the compitition has grown to larger propotions. This just shows that whatever one has the other wants to have it more no matter if it is an object or an individual. Its kind of like when little kids see one of their classmates with a toy and so the child would go up and say give me or even fight over the object in the end one would win it.
although Phaedra settles for the father, I thought that by her doing this she would try to get the son in her sights again. This would possibly pose a problem in the end with all three of them.
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