compare and contrast the double standards of the adults in the play with naive and genuine nature of victoria
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Stanley Houghton's "The Dear Departed" provides us with an insight into the darker shades of human nature. If we consider the characters of Mrs. Slater and her daughter Victoria, there too we will see a vast difference in their natures. Mrs. Slater is a jealous and greedy woman, who cannot wait to divide her father's property the moment she believes that he has died. She is so anxious to have the lion's share of Abel's property that she tries to move his bureau of drawers, even as he lies "dead" in his room. However, little Victoria is quite devastated at the death of her beloved Grandpa. She was the first one to discover that her Grandpa is not really dead. She is scared at the prospect of a dead person coming back to life, but that does not prevent her from coming down and informing others that her Grandpa is alive. It is true that unlike Mrs. Slater, Victoria is quite a timid and innocent girl. The contrasting characteristics in the natures of the mother and daughter, provide us with a further insight into the fallacies of human nature.
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