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What is the present state of the son according to the father?
Poonam Sharma
The son seems to have made plans to leave father's house and build his own world. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father to Son
The son seems to have made plans to leave father’s house and build his own world.
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See lessHow does the father feel about his separation from his son?
Poonam Sharma
Father is depressed and in the state of confusion. He desires to reconcile with his son and forgive him despite of the fact that he (son) is a spendthrift and has wasted all his money. Both live like strangers in the same house and both want to end the communication gap but their discussion turns ouRead more
Father is depressed and in the state of confusion. He desires to reconcile with his son and forgive him despite of the fact that he (son) is a spendthrift and has wasted all his money. Both live like strangers in the same house and both want to end the communication gap but their discussion turns out to be of no use. Hence the father remains depressed.
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See lessWhy does the father think that he has killed the seed that he spent?
Poonam Sharma
The father thinks so because his son turns to to be quite different from what he had expected him to be. He (son) is like stranger in his house. There is no communication between the two. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father to Son
The father thinks so because his son turns to to be quite different from what he had expected him to be. He (son) is like stranger in his house. There is no communication between the two.
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See lessWhat does anger grows from grief indicate in father to son?
Poonam Sharma
In the poem, both father and his son desire to forgive each other. However because of communication gap they are unable to talk to each other. They live like strangers in the same house. This distance between the two leads to grief which when grows take the shape of anger. Read summary of Father toRead more
In the poem, both father and his son desire to forgive each other. However because of communication gap they are unable to talk to each other. They live like strangers in the same house. This distance between the two leads to grief which when grows take the shape of anger.
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See lessWhy is the father unable to understand his son in the poem Father to Son?
Poonam Sharma
Father is unable to understand his son in because he is quite different from what he expected him to be. There is no proper communication between the two. Both live in the same house like strangers. Son is spendthrift and wastes all the money of his father yet the latter desires to forgive him. In tRead more
Father is unable to understand his son in because he is quite different from what he expected him to be. There is no proper communication between the two. Both live in the same house like strangers. Son is spendthrift and wastes all the money of his father yet the latter desires to forgive him.
In the end, both try to end their strangeness yet they cannot and the communication gap remains intact between the two.
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See lessWhat is the father greatest wish for his son?
Poonam Sharma
Father's greatest wish for his spendthrift son is that he may talk to him and live with him. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father to Son
Father’s greatest wish for his spendthrift son is that he may talk to him and live with him.
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See lessWhy does the father say the land is his and none of mine?
Poonam Sharma
He says so because the education, the manners and the way of life which he (father) gave to his son are not found in him (the son). On contrary, he is different. He is spendthrift, he gets angry and does not talk to his father. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father to Son
He says so because the education, the manners and the way of life which he (father) gave to his son are not found in him (the son). On contrary, he is different. He is spendthrift, he gets angry and does not talk to his father.
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See lessHow do the father and son speak to each other?
Poonam Sharma
The father and his son speak like strangers to each other as both have different thoughts and way of living. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father to Son
The father and his son speak like strangers to each other as both have different thoughts and way of living.
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See lessWhy do father and son speak like strangers?
Poonam Sharma
The father and his son speak like strangers because there is no mutual understanding between the two. They have different thoughts, different likes and dislikes, different ways of living their lives. Though the father wanted his son to be like him, the opposite happens. Read summary of Father to SonRead more
The father and his son speak like strangers because there is no mutual understanding between the two. They have different thoughts, different likes and dislikes, different ways of living their lives. Though the father wanted his son to be like him, the opposite happens.
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See lessWhat do the words an empty hand signify?
Poonam Sharma
The phrase "words an empty hand" signify that in spite of breaking silence and talking to each other, neither father nor son could gain anything. The strangeness and communication gap remains intact between the two even after talking to each other. Read summary of Father to Son Play quiz on Father tRead more
The phrase “words an empty hand” signify that in spite of breaking silence and talking to each other, neither father nor son could gain anything. The strangeness and communication gap remains intact between the two even after talking to each other.
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