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Wit and Humour

Telangana Board · Class 10 · English

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1. The Dear Departed: Plot and Main Idea

  • The Dear Departed is a one-act play.
  • The play shows how Mrs. Slater and Mrs. Jordan behave selfishly after thinking their father Abel Merryweather has died.
  • The title is ironic because the 'departed' is not actually dead.
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2. The Dear Departed: Characters and Their Traits

  • Mrs. Amelia Slater is vigorous, plump, red-faced, vulgar, and determined to get her own way.
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan is stout, complacent, and always acts as if she is right.
  • Henry Slater is stooping, heavy, and mostly weak-willed.
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3. The Dear Departed: Important Events and Sequence

  • Mrs. Slater tells Victoria to change out of coloured clothes because grandfather is lying dead upstairs.
  • Henry sends the Jordans a telegram as soon as Abel is thought to be dead.
  • Mrs. Slater and Henry secretly move the bureau and clock from Abel's room before the Jordans arrive.
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4. The Dear Departed: Humour, Irony, and Social Message

  • The humour is dark and satirical, not simple cheerful comedy.
  • The daughters pretend to grieve but secretly think about property.
  • Ben tries to invent a dead brother and finally says Isaac, which is comic because he is making it up on the spot.

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