In modern society, the relationship between a parent and a child is constantly changing. However, parents from different cultures play different roles with their children as they grow up. From Elizabethan England to late 19th-century Ireland, the fifth commandment states: "Honor thy father and thy mother," although, more importantly, "honor thy father" is the basis of the relationship parent-child. It was a patriarchal society and girls of that era were perhaps the biggest victims of that era. As the famous Scottish reformer John Knox said: “Women in their greatest perfection were made to serve and obey men. " Additionally, men considered women during this era to be "the weaker sex", both physically and emotionally. During both periods, men were the leaders and women their inferiors. Prospero and Miranda, the father and daughter of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, are an example of a father-daughter relationship in Elizabethan England, but they were slightly different from the norm of their period. Prospero was to become Prospero in total control of Miranda; he raises him in his image and, like almost all the fathers of his time, demands respect. He orders her to “obey and pay attention” (Shakespeare 1.2.39) when he tells her how they arrived on the island. Just like the fathers of that era, Prospero would plan his daughter's future marriage to Ferdinand. Ferdinand is the only man Miranda has ever seen, apart from her father and Caliban, so he immediately captivates her: they fall in love with each other. Prospero also controls the speed at which their relationship progresses, by accusing Ferdinand of impersonating the Prince of Naples and forcing him to transport wood; this act only further illustrates the power and control Prospero exercises over his