Question

The dear departed summary

Answer 1

The dear departed is a pungent satire on the meanness and materialistic attitude of middle class London. The title of the play is highly ironical and apt. the characters in the play are selfish and hypocritical. Mrs Slater states that her heart breaks seeing her dad dead. but she is more concerned about pinching grandfathers belongings before the arrival of her sister. Elizibeth prefers to have tea and then look over the dead body of her father .Both the sisters are in a competition to outshine each other and dont actually care about their father

Answer 2

$\large{\bold{THE \: DEAR \: DEPARTED}}$

In The Dear Departed, written by Stanley Haughton, poet uses vary literally devices to criticise basic human characteristics. He uses a mixture of dramatic irony, sarcasm, simultaneous speech, humour and twist in the plot to criticize human traits. The characters in the story are two - dimensional and there is no development. This allows us to easily see through their character and understand their actions.

In this short play, Haughton manages to portray irony in many different ways. Firstly, the title is already irony. The departed, Abel Merryweather, is not one bit dear and precious to them. The only thing the sisters are interested in is the money or valuables he owns.