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New studies show that father-son relationships affect grown men, and how they deal with stressful situations on a day-to-day basis. (Tobin 1) Father and Son relationships are a crucial part of a person’s life and it shapes who the person will become; however, it is in the most strenuous circumstances that, in order to survive, a strong father-son relationship is vital. In Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare and in the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, Hamlet and Elie are pushed in different ways in trying to help their fathers.Night by Elie Wiesel and Hamlet by William Shakespeare emphasizes how necessary a father-son relationship is in a boy’s life.
At the beginning of Night, by Elie Wiesel, Elie’s bond with his father is weak but as the story …show more content…

Children who do not have a father figure present are more likely to act out in stressful situations and get into trouble. “The experts at the National Fatherhood initiative note that research on children born to and living with single mothers and who do not have a father figure have higher levels of aggressive behaviors than those with an adult make at home” (Loop 1). Boys who don’t have a father figure are acting out because they don’t have a male figure to look up to, so they act our because they do not know any better. These children have never been taught how to act because they don’t have a father present in their life so they act out in aggressive behavior. “To a nunnery go, and quickly too. Farewell.” (III.i.139). Hamlet is taking out his aggression on his “love” Ophelia. In the lines before he is insulting her and screaming. Hamlet does not know how to handle his aggression because his father is gone and he has no one to vent to. Most children who do not have father are greatly affected in their childhood on the contrary boys who have a father tend to be well behaved and …show more content…

When a boy has a father present in his life he is able to look up to his father. Since he has a role model he is able to know what to do and what not to do in certain situations. Sons who have been nurtured by their fathers are able to stay strong in troubling situations, and are able to help their father out. “Everything I do in this house is to keep my father well. At the same time, I quail before the idea that he could rebound into solid physical health. What keeps me sane is that his body’s decline has matched his mind’s. My hope is to stay with him until he dies, right here in his house” (Thorndike 170). In John Thorndike’s book The Last of his Mind: A year in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s John is taking care of his father for a year he will not leave his father’s. John has a very strong relationship with his father. This relates to Night because Elie is starting to take care of his father when he is getting older and John has starting taking care of his father and growing closer to him in this time of wondering. “I tightened my grip on my father’s hand. The old, familiar fear: not to lose him” (Wiesel 104). Elie is protecting his father and

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