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a taste of honey

Morals are defined as expressing or teaching a conception of either behaviour. Teaching moral values to a child are usually the responsibility of the parents. A parent influences a child at a young age, although as they mature they have the ability to accept or reject their traits. In the play, A Taste of Honey, author Shelegh Delaney illustrates the impact a parent has on a child, and how their decisions can affect the way in which they control their lives. Children are influenced by their parents and this is reflected in their behaviour, which is dependent on the morals instilled in them from birth.Relationships play a vast role in several people's lives and can have a tremendous effect on them. For example, in the play, A Taste of Honey, Helen, a single parent recently gets remarried to Peter, a young, rich, good looking man. This marriage has a tremendous impact on Helen's daughter, Jo, and influences the decisions she makes throughout her life.Helen and Peter's marriage was based on desires rather than the comfort of being loved. Helen had originally moved away from Peter with her daughter to "turn over a new leaf" (15) for herself. As Peter arrives at Helen and Jo's flat he makes a proposal to Helen that she cannot refuse. He offers to marry her giving her a glamorous white house and all the money she desires. He claims that she cannot get any better than him because he is "young, good looking and well set up" (19). In spite of Helen's reluctance she marries Peter anyway solely for his money. Evidentially, their marriage does not elongate because the only reason Helen's is interested in Peter is for his money and the only reason why Peter is interested in Helen is because she is a former prostitute.Coincidentally, Jo, Helen's teenage daughter follows in her mother's footsteps and ends up making the same mistakes she did. When Helen got married she left Jo to live in the flat by herself, because she believed Jo bein...

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