Kate Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby” involves strategic deception and heartless betrayal absorbing the life of Armand Aubigny. The disgust of living a life of secrecy leads Armand on a path of deceitfulness, cheating his wife and son of a normal life together. Armand is aware of his ...

Parent child- Jessica and Shylock + Portia and her deceased father Despite the lack of a strong paternal figure in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, two separate father-daughter relationships play an integral role in the central plot of the play. The strained relationship of Venetian moneylend...