Topic 51 — Parents and children: blessing, birthright and inheritance
Dominant work: Jacob and Esau · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): comedy 29%; biblical play 24%; moral 13%
45chunks
21,881words
26works
3works with ≥3 chunks
24 %dominant work
42 %top-3 works
Classificationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · confirmed by the researcher Label (researcher): Parents and children: blessing, birthright and inheritance Notes (researcher): sample review supports parental blessing and contested inheritance. A full check of The Emperor of the East adds a daughter's withheld legacy; use children rather than sons in the label. Reviewed excerpts (three different works): 1004_00001; 977_00007; 91_00025. Full-chunk follow-up: 977_00007.Original AI draft — before researcher review
draft label: Parents and sons: blessing, birthright and disobedience · pattern basis: thematic_discourse+shared_narrative 45 chunks, 26 works, Jacob and Esau 24 %, top three 42 %. Fathers and mothers with their sons: the favoured and the disobedient child, the blessing and the birthright, the prodigal's departure; Udall, Ingelend, Celestina (Parmeno), Lear (Edmund), Lyly. Cross-work, with Jacob and Esau's share noted. chunks read for the draft: 91_00007;94_00005;952_00083;623_00007;1129_00008;239_00000;22_00017
Udall, Nicholas, 1568 · biblical play · 11 chunks of this work here
Yet to morrow ye must be as hungry again, Then must ye and will ye wish again for good cheer: And repent you that every bought this so dear. Repent me? wherefore, than the Lord giv…
Ingelend, Thomas, 1570 · moral · 4 chunks of this work here
As touching that matter, I will no man blame Now farewell father, most heartily for the same. Farewell my Son, depart in God's name. Rome I say room, let me be gone My father if he…
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de, 1631 · tragicomedy; literary play · 4 chunks of this work here
It is proper to a man to err; but to a beast, to persevere in an error. It doth much glad me, Parmeno, that thou hast cleared those thick clouds, which darkened thy eyesight, and h…
Lyly, John, 1594 · comedy · 2 chunks of this work here
BOY, there are three things that make my life miserable, a thread bare purse, a cursed wife, & a fool to my heir. Dromio. Why then sir, there are three medicines for these three ma…
Anonymous, 1605 · history · 2 chunks of this work here
O, that my simple utterance could suffice, To tell the true intention of my heart, Which burns in zeal of duty to your grace, And never can be quenched, but by desire To show the s…
Jonson, Ben, 1609 · comedy · 2 chunks of this work here
That's well. Then Angelio I will be brief. Since time forbids the use of circumstance, How well you are received in my affection, Let it appear by this one instance, only That now …
Heywood, John, 1544 · comedy · 1 chunks of this work here
Forsooth sir my mind is this at few words All my pleasure is in catsing of vyrdes And making of snow bails and throwing the same For the which purpose to have set in frame With my …
Anonymous, 1560 · moral · 1 chunks of this work here
Go get the hence, thy mouth full of horse dung. Now pretty sister, what sport shall we devise? Thus palting to school, I think us unwise In summer die for thirst, in winter for col…
Genre mix (chunks of this topic, British Drama labels)
comedy
13 (29 %)
biblical play
11 (24 %)
moral
6 (13 %)
tragedy
5 (11 %)
tragicomedy; literary play
4 (9 %)
history
2 (4 %)
tragicomedy
2 (4 %)
not in BritDrama
1 (2 %)
This is the direction topic → genre, on the raw British Drama labels; the share of each genre group's text that falls in this topic is on the Genre page.
A Fine Companion (1633) · typ. 0.88 …r hearts, Should breed such issues of extremity, In both our fortunes, yet the greatest grief I feel, is in your wrongs, not in my own. ne'er think of it; what though my father made me A stranger to his loins, and cut me off From my inheritance, because he thought me A rival in his love, that fatal love Whose jealousy prevailed so in a wo…
Covent Garden (1638) · typ. 0.86 …sions here. Scandal may grow From low foundations to an height of infamy. Thou know'st my temperance doth not oft frequent These public places. Sir, the relation twixt a son and father May make you jealous of my partial nature. Trust me, I never yet was so indulgent To mine own weakness, that until my judgement Had made a full distinguish…
The Jealous Lovers (1632) · typ. 0.86 I would not have my son so loathed a thing: No, let him live and spend, and buy his pleasures At any rate. read to him, gentle Ballio, Where are the daintiest meats, the briskest wines, The …
The True Chronicle of King Leir (King Lear and his (1605) · typ. 0.86 … your grace, And never can be quenched, but by desire To show the same in outward forwardness. Oh, that there were some other maid that durst But make a challenge of her love with me I'd make her soon confess she never loved Her father half so well as I do you. ay then, my deeds should prove in plainer case. How much my zeal aboundeth to …
Jacob and Esau (1568) · typ. 0.85 …pent you that every bought this so dear. Repent me? wherefore, than the Lord give me sorrow, If it were to do, I would do it to morrow. For thou foolish knave, what hath Iacob of me bought? But a matter of a straw, and a thing of nought. My birthright and whole title of mine eldership. marry sir I pray God much good do it his maship, If I…
The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina (1631) · typ. 0.85 … glad me, Parmeno, that thou hast cleared those thick clouds, which darkened thy eyesight, and hast answered me according to the wisdom, discretion, and sharp wit of thy father, whose person, now representing itself fresh to my remembrance, doth make my tender eyes to melt into tears, which thou seest in such abundance to trickle down my …
The Disobedient Child (1570) · typ. 0.84 … them go tricksy, gallant, and clean. Which is nothing else, but the very provoking To all unthriftiness, vice, and Iniquity, It pucteth them up, it is an alluting Their fathers and mothers at length to defy. Which thing mine own Son doth plainly declare Whom I always entirely have loved, He was so my joy, he was so my care That now of th…
The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina (1631) · typ. 0.84 …y offering themselves to our view: for youth looks no farther than to things present, occupying his eye only in that he sees set before him; but riper years omit neither things present, things past, nor things to come. And son Parmeno, if you would but bethink yourself of the love I have heretofore borne you, I know it cannot escape your …
King Lear (1608) · typ. 0.84 …u what I have seen & heard, but faintly, nothing like the image and horror of it, pray you away? Shall I hear from you anon? I do serve you in this business: A credulous Father, and a brother noble, Whose nature is so far from doing harms, That he suspects none, on whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy, I see the business, Let me i…
Jacob and Esau (1568) · typ. 0.83 … not beguiled alone: But what boot to lie still? for rest we can take none. That I marvel much of old father Isaac, Being so godly a man, why he is so slack To bring his son Esau to a better stay. What should he do in the matter I you pray? Oh it is no small charge to fathers afore God, So to train their children in youth under the rod, T…
Mother Bombie (1594) · typ. 0.83 … the shell, and is grown a pretty cock. Carve him master, & make him a capon, else all your breed will prove coxcombs. I marvel he is such an ass, he takes it not of his father. He may for any thing you know. Why villain dost thou think me a fool? O no sir, neither are you sure that you are his father. Rascal, dost thou imagine thy mistre…
The True Chronicle of King Leir (King Lear and his (1605) · typ. 0.83 …orrow with thee, if not add relief. Ah, good young daughter, I may call thee so; For thou art like a daughter I did owe. Do you not owe her still? what, is she dead? No, God forbid: but all my interest's gone, By showing myself too much unnatural: So have I lost the title of a father, and me be called a stranger to her rather. Your title'…
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