Family Fun
Although predominantly recognized as a tale of a sexual identity crisis, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex also devotes a large part of its focus to the role of family. This shifting institution includes characters such as Uncle Pete, who prides himself as being a medical expert with the authority to instruct Milton about the proper time to conceive a child, and is also narrowed down to include the incestuous union between two siblings. What these wide and tapered definitions of family have in common is their impact on the future of the Stephanides family, in particular, in the formation of the hermaphroditic protagonist, Cal.
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Tags: incest, Middlesex, Sexual Identitty