Demeter And Persephone: Relationship Between Parent And Child
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In the Story of Demeter and Persephone we learn about the
relationship between parents and their children. More importantly, this
relationship is a mother daughter relationship and has Ideas that Greek
culture might have practiced. In this story we also see the growth of
characters and the chang ....
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.... Greeks that it was a mans world and Father knew best. Without
consulting Demeter about his brother marrying their daughter, Zeus just
gave her away. Worst of all he did not ask Persephone how she felt about
this whole arrangement. It was as if children were the possessions of
their parents and had no say in their future plans. As she was being
carried away she led out a cry calling her father Zeus and all the other
gods to help her, but no one came.
The only ones who heard her pleas ....
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Word count: 1862
Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
