ABSTRACT
Jealousy, passion, hatred and anger are intense human emotions which fascinate us all. Our literary heritage abounds with accounts, both true and fictional, of such feelings between kindred which result in tragedy, beginning with the story of Cain and Abel, continuing with the richness of Greek myths, Nordic tales of the gods, Shakespeare’s plays and contemporary novels and operas. We can identify with the adults whose passions may lead them to kill, or be killed by, those they love most. But what happens to the children – often the innocent witnesses of adult passion and inevitable victims?
