Beethoven Relationship With His Father Research Paper

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Beethoven relationship with his father was considered unsatisfied and inferior. The father was always hard and cruel to Beethoven when he was a children, which make Beethoven did have a content relationship with his father, due to the actions the father gave him. Beethoven generally suffered a tragic childhood; his father was also an alcoholic, creating more complications in Beethoven’s life. Moreover, his father would frequently abused him. The father would consistently force him to practice all the time until he was content enough with Beethoven’s performance.
For instance, when Beethoven would make a mistake, his father would show a sense of anger and make him play the piano over again. If Beethoven play a piece greatly, his father

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