And finally the father who is representing both the new lonely person and traditionalist man; new lonely due to his wife death and traditionalist as his son portrayed him being particularly proud of the pure samurai blood that ran in the family (line17).
Regarding the Symbolism aspect, the Fugu in "A Family Supper" this fish played a significant role as the mother death was due by consuming a Fugu meal by the obvious aspect it was during an occasional situation as her first and last time, by the fact the son declared that his mother had always refused to eat Fugu, but during one particular occasion she had made an exception, having been invited by an old school friend whom she was anxious not to offend (line11).
In addition, the haunted well