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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"
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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"

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    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
    ISBN9781535836159
    A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man"

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      A Study Guide for Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man" - Gale

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      The Death of the Hired Man

      Robert Frost

      1914

      Introduction

      First published in Robert Frost’s collection North of Boston in 1914, The Death of the Hired Man is a moderately long, dramatic dialogue that occurs between a farmer, Warren, and his wife, Mary. The hired man of the title is Silas, who wants to work for Warren during the winter but is unreliable during other seasons when farm work is more plentiful. Warren has grown impatient with Silas, but Mary urges him to be kind, since she believes Silas has returned to die. This debate between Mary and Warren represents the ambivalence often felt between two conflicting desires, here the desire to be charitable toward others and the desire not to be taken advantage of. For whatever reason, Silas is unable to ask his own family for assistance. Eventually, Warren agrees to speak with Silas, but he returns to Mary quickly, informing her that Silas is dead. Like many of Frost’s poems, The Death of the Hired Man occurs in a rural setting, and the characters’ concerns are those of people who live in a rural environment. Unlike many of Frost’s other more well-known poems, however, this one does not conclude with a sudden insight on the part of the speaker; rather, because the poem is not a lyric but a narrative that tells a story, the interest here lies in the drama of the situation. Through the presence of substantial dialogue, this poem easily illustrates Frost’s

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