Question

With reference to the drama-'The Dear Departed',cite instances from the text that reveal that the daughters were more concerned with putting on a show for their father's funeral rather than the father himself. (8 mark answer plz.)

Answer 1

*mrs Slater was to concerned about her mounting dresses as doesnOt have good mourning dresses at her home she ordered new dresses for her family .even her sister came late to see her father as she was scearching for better mourning dresses the main movie of these to ladies was to out shine each other by expressing their superiority in these economic status by wearing best and costly mourning dresses

*mrs Slater planned to steel her father's beareau before her sister's arrival as she don't want her sister's claim on tat
she even made her husband ben to use her father's slippers even though it did not fit for him

*mrs jordan fought with her sister to gave her father's watch for her children as her father promised her to provide his watch before itself

*no one actually cried for loss of their father/father in law insted they fought with each other to divide their ancestors's property
*they even insisted their children to materialistic instead of being loving