What does Shakespeare show us about Father Daughter relationships?

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What does Shakespeare show us about Father Daughter relationships?

Relationships have played a crucial role throughout our history. One of the most important being the relationship between a father and his daughter.

They are still brought to our attention today in society. You only have to switch on your television to a soap opera to witness a father daughter relationship. They often form a stereotypical father daughter relationship of an over protective father and a timid and complacent daughter. It's amazing to think that even in Shakespearean times father daughter relationships were still as important however due to modern civil rights and equality for all, some of the significance is lost on a modern audience.

One of the more obvious points Shakespeare shows in Romeo and Juliet is that in their time Daughters were not considered as important as men in society. This is shown when Paris asks Capulet if he can marry Juliet. If Juliet was considered as important then Paris would have asked her to marry him not asked her father. This is also shown when Capulet over reacts when Juliet refuses to marry Paris. He becomes unreasonable and verbally bullies Juliet

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