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An 8 page paper which examines the
claim, made by Claudius in “Hamlet,” which argues that nature’s common theme is the
death of fathers or father figures. The paper addresses other pieces of literature as it
involves the search for one’s identity in the face of the death or absence of a father or
father figure. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAfathrs.rtf
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their fathers, or their father figures. In some cases there is merely the absence of a father or father figure which sets an individual off in search of their identity.
It has been argued by psychologists and sociologists that fathers offer an individual their sense of place, or a sense of understanding, in a social world, whereas a mothers duty
is to nurture and provide support. When a father figure, the symbolic nature of instruction in terms of dealing with the world, is gone, the individual must seek that father
figure, or seek their identity through the missing father figure, always influenced by the absence of that father. In the following paper we examine some different works as they involve
this particular theme. The works discussed are "Death of a Salesman," "My Antonia," "The Invisible Man," "Hamlet," "The Odyssey," and "Huckleberry Finn." Death of a Salesman Willy Loman
is the primary character in "The Death of a Salesman." He is also a man, a father, who is essentially absent, symbolically at first, from the lives of his sons.
He is constantly working and assuming that he is an incredible success. For years he has been traveling much of the time, selling to various regions. As such he has
not been there for his two sons. In this respect both of the sons have had to grow up without their father, or with essentially an image of their father.
yet, "His two sons Biff and Happy pick up" his "behavior" (Anonymous Death of a Salesman - Willy 163.htm). For the two sons this image is different. One son
believes in his father and is determined to be like his father. The other is angered at the ignorance of his father, but still finds his identity in being much
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