Dear departed stanley houghton summary and analysis
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the drama dear departed by stanley hounghton shows the moral degradation of values in british middle class. mrs slater and mrs jordan are two sisters. mrs slater is red faced,vulgur amd selfish women she is ready to fight to get her own way.
mrs slater and mrs jardan come to know that their father mr abel merry weather is no more . they became active to grab all of his belongings.Mrs slater and her husband mr slater taking care of things like bureau and antique clock etc instead of funeral rites. they both are in hurry as their relatives come to their home at any moment. mrs jordan is also very selfish.
they even want to know that abel had paid his insurance premium.
they become active when they come to know that Abel had a headache and he was just taking a rest . He was listening to their talks . abel is shocked about his daughters behaviour in extreme frustration he snap off all of his relations with his daughters and decided to change his will.
he has decided to do three things on next morning ...
first,he decided to pay his insurance premium.
second,he has decided to change his will.
third ,he has decided to marry with widow.
"MATERIALISTIC THINGS MAKES WAY FOR SHAKY RELATIONSHIP "
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