Summary and Exercises of Fritz Karinthy's Play Refund
[An one Act Play : By --Fritz Karinthy] 1. Some Points At a Glance A. Introduction : This one act play is about a man of about forty years, who goes back to his school after eighteen years with a claim to have his tuition fees refunded because he thinks that the school did not teach him any thing worth, because he could not secure any job in his life. The school education had only made him a worthless ignorant person. At first the Principal was not ready for it, but later all the teachers gave him a re-examination, and they outsmarted him in it. Finally, he was collared-out from the Principal's office without being given any refund. B. Genre : One Act Play/ Satire, it is a satire on the modern education system C. Main Characters : Wasserkopf (He is the central character who comes to his school after eighteen years because he thinks that he learnt nothing form his school) The Principal The Servant The Mathematics Master (Another very important character , who leads through the