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A detailed overview of the final and longest story in Joyce’s Dubliners, a modernist masterpiece of free indirect discourse and epiphany. Learn about the plot, the characters, the themes, and the literary devices of ‘The Dead’.
The Dead Summary. The story begins with Lily, Julia, Mary Jane, and Kate welcoming guests to their annual Christmas party in Dublin. Lily is taking the men’s coats, while Julia and Kate are attending to the female party guests. It is already after ten o’clock when Gabriel —the protagonist and nephew of Julia and Kate—and his wife Gretta ...
"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is by far the longest story in the collection and, at 15,952 words, is almost long enough to be described as a novella .
Jul 9, 2022 · James Joyce began writing “The Dead” in 1907, somewhat later than the other stories in Dubliners, the collection in which it was finally published in 1915. It is considerably longer than the other stories, and some commentators regard it not as a short story but as a novella.
Gretta recounts the story of a former now dead boyfriend whose memory has been evoked by the party. In the space of a few minutes, Gabriel's world is turned upside down as he thinks about the dead who are now living as memories in all of us, and how we'll all pass into that territory.
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A classic story of a lonely and melancholic man who attends a Christmas party and recalls his past regrets and disappointments. Read the full text, analysis, and study guide of The Dead at Owl Eyes.
The Dead is a 2010 British zombie film produced by Indelible Productions and Latitude Films. It was written and directed by the Ford brothers and stars Rob Freeman, Prince David Osei , and David Dontoh .
