Family ties

One trend in themes we have seen since the summer work of this course is the significance of family and lineage throughout the novels. In the beginning of the year we certainly recognize that theme and addressed it in the early works of the semester however as time is going on we stop talking about the themes of family in our readings  From One hundred years of Solitude and Sing Unburied Sing to Hamlet and Oedipus, family and lineage has played a huge role in the way these works were composed. With the slight exception of Dante’s inferno, I think a very significant theme to keep in mind for the midterm on Monday is the importance of family and lineage in literature.