In what way is the play "The dear departed" a commentary on the hollowness of human relationship?
Dear student,
In 'The Dear Departed', we see that the author satirises mankind. Modern man is shown to be materialistic and inhuman. The plot of the story is how a selfish family members of a person suppose their father as dead and argue over division of property. They are more concerned about the material gains rather than mourning over the dead. Therefore, when they find out that Abel Merry Weather is not dead, the situation is very awkward and turns out to be humorous. Even by the end of the story the characters do not come to their senses and act greedily to own the property their father possessed. This highlights the fact that human relationships have become so hollow in the recent times, where people care about and give importance to material and property over blood relations. In old-age, parents become a burden for their children and they often tend to rejoice when they get to know that they would be inheriting all the property.
Regards
In 'The Dear Departed', we see that the author satirises mankind. Modern man is shown to be materialistic and inhuman. The plot of the story is how a selfish family members of a person suppose their father as dead and argue over division of property. They are more concerned about the material gains rather than mourning over the dead. Therefore, when they find out that Abel Merry Weather is not dead, the situation is very awkward and turns out to be humorous. Even by the end of the story the characters do not come to their senses and act greedily to own the property their father possessed. This highlights the fact that human relationships have become so hollow in the recent times, where people care about and give importance to material and property over blood relations. In old-age, parents become a burden for their children and they often tend to rejoice when they get to know that they would be inheriting all the property.
Regards