Family Structure In Hamlet And Desiree's Baby, By Kate Chopin

Family structure can be seen in different families. It can be either your parent trying to do what is best for you or seeing what they go through. The three poems that are being analyzed are “The Victims” by Sharon Olds, “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “One Last Poem For Richard” by Sandra Cisneros. The two short essays are “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus and “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin. The novels that are Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice. All of these show a family structure in different ways and some show gender roles as well. In the poems, short essays and novels you will see the family structure and gender roles that are being played. In the poem “The Victims” by Sharon Olds it is about the father divorcing the mother.. I felt that the message in this poem is how in this society people go through divorce and have to deal with the pain, especially the children. The young child speaking tells her/his experience toward the divorce. The speaker is angry toward the father for divorcing her mother. When the father was fired and they took everything away from him, they were happy and could not stop grinning.. In “The Victims” she says, “She had taught us to take it, to hate you and take it until we pricked with her for your annihilation”. (LL.15-17) The mother turns the children …show more content…
This poem shows the emotions and the love from the speaker.She is also very respectful of everything that had happened. It was on December 24th that they both left. They were not angry at each other, they just left in peace. Then next year on christmas eve the speaker starts to remember the memories they had. She starts to mention how she they did not have a good relationship because of all the fighting. Not only did she bring back the bad times, but also the good times they had together. She doesn 't hate him at all she wishes he is well like Sandra Cisneros mentioned in the