Greatness and goodness go hand and hand, you can't be good and not be great and you can't be great and not be good. Lieserl was correct when she said that greatness and goodness are dependent on each other, the only exemption is Einstein because he was born as an extraordinary individual. As extraordinary as Einstein was, he was still human he made mistakes and ended up hurting people he loved. He was brilliant for his knowledge but lacked the ethics of being a father and this is why Lieserl's point is valid, if you can't be good great or even extraordinary in all aspects of your life then you really haven't accomplished much. We can argue who was right and who was wrong but the three reasons why Lieserl's opinion outweighs Einstein’s is because. While Lieserl was defining the difference between greatness and goodness and greatness accomplishments Einstein couldn't even use himself to defend his stance, also it was clear to see when Einstein spoke about his kids he had no interest for them, and he dedicated his life to his work, had Einstein put in effort into being a father his argument would have made much more sense. Accomplishments mean a lot in today's society and they do get recognized by others at times however some…show more content… By the end of the play Einstein was given a choice to either let his daughter walk out of his life or man up and make up for not being the father that he could have been. Einstein even had a grandson who was wicked smart just like him and he knew he had the potential to be a grandfather to him so he ran after her and seem willing to work it out and again that's another point proven that it takes a good man to be great and he chose that route by the end of the story weather Einstein liked it or not he knew that there needed to be a change so he made that
