Summary:Robert Frost: the Death of a hired man


Mary, a firm wife, is waiting for her husband Warren. In this poem, we find a dramatic description of Mary’s attitude towards Silas. She appears to be very kind human being. She has pure sympathy for their servant Silas. Warren return and Mary presents news that Silas has just returned home. But warren becomes because of this information. Warren is frustrated because of his past experience. Because, during haying season, Silas quit his job and left Mary and warren. For that reason, warren does not want to take him back. But Mary requests to her husband to show kindness to their servant Silas. But warren is rather harsh and unforgiving towards Silas and does not to take him back in service. But we see the optimistic attitude of Mary. She tries to convince warren. She says that Silas is now powerless to move because of his age. He has fallen asleep beside the stove. But warren’s tone is almost sarcastic. But Mary is still trying to convince warren. Now she presents Silas’s good qualities. Mary makes a difference between Silas and Harold Wilson. We the reader find a conflict between Harold Wilson and Silas. Silas did not support the study. Silas loves the works more than study. When warren thought about the difference, then he becomes softer. But he again becomes strong and decides not to take Silas back. Mary tells warren that Silas has come home to die. At that time her husband smiles at the word ‘home’. Warren says, ‘Home is the place where, when you have to go there They have to take you in.’ Warren wants to say that he is nobody to us. So, we must not take him. He is a hired man, nothing more. Now Mary presents the relation between Silas and his banker brother. Mary says that Silas prefers Mary’s home more than his banker brother’s home. At last, warren becomes softer towards Silas. But Silas was far from all those things.

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