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i need Value based Questions of the dear departed

Answer 1

It is a humorous play bcoz the whole family aims at grabbing their's grandpa things who was not Dead.....da family thought dat he is dead & decides da share but when they see grandpa, they all were shocked ...!!!!

Answer 2

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The present generation consider their old folks as a burden. But when it comes to inheritance, they are ready to do anything to get the lion's share. Discuss this statement with respect to 'The Dear Departed'.

The drama 'The Dear Departed' written by Stanley Houghton, exposes a common social problem of today. The present generation does not consider old people very important. On the contrary, they are rather impatient and await the death of their aged fathers and mothers. All they can think of is about the inheritance.

In this satirical drama we see two daughters of Mr. Abel Merry Weather, Amelia and Elizabeth pulling all sorts of tricks on each other to claim his belongings, when they thought him to be dead. Amelia 'pinches' all the good things like the clock and the bureau before her sister comes. She does not even leave the old man's slippers.

Elizabeth on the other hand, does not bother to see her father as soon as she comes. In stead the sisters start a blame game about how each of them had tried to hoist the old man on each other's shoulders. Elizabeth even claims that her father had already promised his gold watch to her own son.

Both daughters and sons-in law are angry with the old man and abuse him for not paying the premium of his insurance policy before he died. They were not sad about the death of the old man, but concerned more about his obituary which should show them in a good light.

But while they were engaged in such trifles, the old man gets up from his drunken sleep and comes down to discover the real nature of his daughters. He was surprised to see his bureau and clock downstairs and his new slippers on his son-in-law's feet. He announces his marriage to a widow and his intention to move in with her for life. This taught the daughters a lesson.

The drama is a functional satire on the sham and pretense of the society and the infamous treatment meted out to the old people by their own children. Not all the members of the older generation are smart and able to react like Mr. Abel Merry weather. Most of them die in sorrow and rejection.

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