Fathers and Sons in Shakespeare
There’s a curious, rather awkward scene in “Henry VI Part Three” where the King is pictured sitting on a molehill wishing he were a shepherd. Meanwhile, in the background, civil war spreads across England. In the foreground, oblivious to the presence of the King, a young man discovers that the enemy soldier he has killed is someone he knows: “O God!” he exclaims, “it is my father’s face”.