Teen Issues In Macbeth

8G Mrs Mehta

Representation of Teen issues in Macbeth and son-size by Ryan G

How would you feel if you didn’t have a Father and instead a step-father in your teenage years? Within the novel Macbeth and Son, two characters, Luke and Lulach, live 1000 years apart but suffer from the issue of communication with their step-fathers. The text structure and language features in the this novel enhances relationship tensions.

Interestingly, within Macbeth and Son, the non-linear text structure allows the reader to compare the issues of Luke and Lulach’s relationships with their parents. In the novel Luke has a tense relationship with his father. This is implied when Luke corrects Jingo, “step-dad” (French 2006.p89). This shows that he doesn’t want them to look at his step father as Luke’s real dad, as Luke had a higher opinion of his real Dad than Sam. Cleverly, the novel implies that Luke’s problems aren’t nearly as bad as Lulach’s aside from the fact that both of their fathers died. The issue of a teenager moulding into having a step-father is not

For example, “This is what it's like to have a hero as a step Dad” (French 2006, p. 44). The noun “hero”, means someone that commits good deeds for other people. He says this due to the fact that his dad saves the village and others lives. He shows more internal emotional feelings towards his step-father. “But Lulach hated him the man who had taken his fathers place” (French 2006, p. 30). The verb hated indicates strong dislike, not particularly because he just didn't like Macbeth but because he misses his real father. In his eyes, his feeling of having someone replace someone you love dearly is gutting and just felt wrong to Lulach. This made talking to his father feel awkward. This is an example of the language features being put to use to represent the issue of relationship tension with