The family reunionT.S. Elliott's "The Family Reunion" is a play about coming home and looking back on the ghosts of the past. The play begins with Harry returning to his childhood home for his mother's birthday. The plot focuses on Harry's return, the mystery surrounding his wife's death, and his family's desire for Harry to assume the role of head of the household. It's an expected return, that they've all been waiting for. There are competing storylines running through the work, such as the mystery of his own father's death and disappearance, Harry's schizophrenia, and Mary's return to the family and her inability to leave. In Scene II of "The Family Reunion", Mary and Harry meet in the living room, waiting for the family dinner (reunion) to begin. Mary and Harry are first cousins ​​and both grew up in Wishwood. Harry has returned after an eight-year absence and the mysterious death of his wife at sea. There is a recurring thread of "waiting" that runs through the play: waiting for Harry to return, waiting for dinner to begin , wait for Harry's brothers to appear, wait for the other guests. Until Harry returns to Wishwood, everything in the house has been kept as it was when he left. "I had just noticed that this room had hardly changed: the same hangings... the same paintings... even the table, the chairs, the sofa... all in the same positions. I was wondering if something has been changed, but if so, I can't find it The unchanged room symbolizes the Harry of his youth and the person Harry hopes to find when he returns. It also symbolizes the incapacity of his family. to accept the fact that Harry is gone. Their desire to keep life the same In this scene, Mary and Agatha were waiting for Harry to appear for dinner and Mary alone said, “Waiting, waiting, always waiting. I think this house means keeping us waiting.” Harry, returning from Wishwood after eight years, talks about his desire to return to his childhood home (The theme of home this semester.) His return to Wishwood is in. makes his need to make peace with his past, the loss of his father and the limitations of his childhood. By returning to Wishwood, he also seeks to escape his recent past and his inability to live in the present..