Dysfunctional Family In A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare

The Plantagenets are the perfect example of a dysfunctional family and the more you read into the play the more it is shown. Firstly the roots to a happy and healthy family are from the relationship with the parents and in no case does Henry and Eleanor have a healthy relationship. With Eleanor being sent away for several years Henry chose apon himself to have a mistress whom is Alais, in which is the girl that him and Eleanor rose since she was a child. With Henry having a mistress it causes many complications, and angers Eleanor even more. With the two parents having an unhealthy relationship it causes a burden on the children and the lifestyle that they pick up to live by for when they are grown up. Eleanor and Henry disagree a lot also