The theme of the relationship between parent and child is one I found interesting in this book. Artemisia was angry at her father for allowing her to go through the horrible experience of being raped by his colleague and then forced to endure the humiliation of a public trial. What do you feel Artemisia learned from this experience? Why wasn't she able to apply any of this knowledge to raising her own daughter? Was Artemisia guilty of treating her daughter in some of the same ways she was angry about her father treating her?
Kristina
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Well, now that you mention it, she did have similar disregard for her daughter's interest and passions as her father did for her. In Artemesia's case, she was determined that her daughter was going to be an artist, no matter what her daughter wanted to do (get married). But this may have been business-as-usual back then, since people tended to follow the same profession as their family's. What I really found the most likable part of this book (besides the bits about painting) was the end theme of forgiveness. After doggedly plodding my way through the story, I felt at last it was worth reading it when we got to that redeeming moment.
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