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Michal Furey loved Gretta so much that he, a (probably) tubercular...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:03:48 PST

Michal Furey loved Gretta so much that he, a (probably) tubercular worker in a potentially carcinogenic workplace (the gasworks) risked his already fragile health to come stand in her back garden in a cold rain. He is so desperate to see Gretta before she leaves that he says "...he did not want to live." Gretta believes that he died for her, and it may well be the case. There is no mention of whether or not he wore galoshes, but if he...

The first big difference, of course, is that Gabriel is alive at the end...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:22:16 PST

The first big difference, of course, is that Gabriel is alive at the end of the story and Michael has been dead for some time. The enotes study guide on Joyce's short story points to other meaningful items of comparison and contrast between the characters, including:the significance of their names and their different temperaments. Here's a quick, representative quotation: "Michael is an example of living life passionately, where Gabriel Conroy...

Compare and contrast the characters of Gabriel Conroy and Michael Furey...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:37:02 PST

Compare and contrast the characters of Gabriel Conroy and Michael Furey in "The Dead" by James Joyce.

The basis behind Gabriel's vision of the living and the dead at the end...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:38:12 PST

The basis behind Gabriel's vision of the living and the dead at the end of Joyce's story is his encounter with his wife Gretta which dissolves his sense of a stable identity as he does not get the self-enabling authentication from the Other, Gretta, in this case. Michael Furey is like a dead third, who is ironically enough, even more powerful than the two living. When the Other is dead, as an image, autonomous, he becomes more powerful than...

Masculinity is a consistent area of critical intervention in relation to...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:17:55 PST

Masculinity is a consistent area of critical intervention in relation to James Joyce's works. I think one can also add to the theme of moral paralysis in The Dubliners, the theme of emasculation or crisis of masculinity. Whether it is A Painful Case or Eveline or The Dead, what Joyce deals with is a problematic relation of the two sexes. The basic pattern is something like this. The masculine patriarchal self ironically enough needs an...

Compare and contrast the characters of Gabriel Conroy and Michael Furey...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:38 PST

Compare and contrast the characters of Gabriel Conroy and Michael Furey in "The Dead"

As the final story in Joyce's "Dubliners," a complex structure with...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:45:37 PST

As the final story in Joyce's "Dubliners," a complex structure with much symbolism, that Joyce himself said he created "to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city." Gabriel's character is the final stage in a modern version of the ages of man. In Joyce's work, many characters play representative roles. For example, Miss Ivors of "The Dead" is Irish Ireland (western), Little Chandler represents the...

"The Dead" is the final story in James Joyce's "The Dubliners," a...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:20:40 PST

"The Dead" is the final story in James Joyce's "The Dubliners," a collection of short stories about Joyce's beloved Ireland, an Ireland he felt was crippled by its "spiritual paralysis." In the introduction to this book, Terence Brown of Trinity College in Ireland writes, ...the detail of Joyce's art is not simply the realist's involvement with a congeries of fact as a reflection ...of a world which palpably exists before and after the act...

In "The Dead" why does Gabriel suddenly feel passion for his wife? What...

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:34:43 PST

In "The Dead" why does Gabriel suddenly feel passion for his wife? What triggers it?

What would you consider the nature of masculinity in "The Dead"?

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:45:44 PST

What would you consider the nature of masculinity in "The Dead"?

On what basis does Gabriel develop his vision of the living and the dead...

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:27:56 PST

On what basis does Gabriel develop his vision of the living and the dead at the very end of "The Dead"?

Plagiarism is defined as using someone else's work as your own. If she...

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:03:43 PST

Plagiarism is defined as using someone else's work as your own. If she admits to copying it, then she is technically not plagiarising....she is just not being a very good author.

So you are saying that self confessed plagarism is not really...

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 10:53:05 PST

So you are saying that self confessed plagarism is not really plagarism? Look at this example... Joyce: The patting at once grew louder in encouragement and then ceased altogether. Gabriel leaned his ten trembling fingers on the tablecloth and smiled nervously at the company. Meeting a row of upturned faces he raised his eyes to the chandelier. The piano was playing a waltz tune and he could hear the skirts sweeping against the...

What an interesting question. I had never read or even heard of Anne...

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:21:07 PST

What an interesting question. I had never read or even heard of Anne Pigone and "The Ugly," so of course I had to read it. I found the web site thedeadandtheugly.com, which discusses the two stories. When you open the full text of one story, by clicking on any paragraph, the corresponding paragraph from the other story will pop up, letting you read the two back to back. I would not call what Pigone has done plagiarism. She openly admits that...

Is Anne Pigone's "The Ugly" a plagiarism of James Joyce's "The Dead"?

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:54:26 PST

'The Ugly' is a line by line rewrite of 'The Dead'. The characters have all been sex-changed and the story moved to Colorado, but Pigone copies Joyce's language, story line, and plot development. My students think it is very funny - but is it legal?

This answer probably won't be much use to you because I'm not too sure...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:43:03 PST

This answer probably won't be much use to you because I'm not too sure on the point myself but here goes. In 'The Dead' some of the people that Gabriel meets at the party 'play' at being Irish i.e. they exchange a few phrases in the Irish language when they meet but haven't taken the trouble to learn Irish properly. However, one girl that he meets (can't recall name - sorry) seems genuinely patriotic and criticises Gabriel for not taking...

In what ways does James Joyce present Irish aspirations for independence...

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:34:40 PST

In what ways does James Joyce present Irish aspirations for independence in regard to the following quote from "The Dead"?

In the main characters in "The Dubliners" there is an...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:52:02 PST

In the main characters in "The Dubliners" there is an emotional and spiritual paralysis; the realization of this is a character's epiphany. Gabriel reaches his epiphany as snow falls.Uncomfortable with the openness of feeling shown by the Irish from the west, he prefers English influences. He is angered by remarks made by Miss Ivors and her jokingly calling him "West Briton." Later, there is irony to his toast in...

What is the significance of the snow imagery in "The Dead"?

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:30 PST

What is the significance of the snow imagery in "The Dead"?

How do you think the Irish (contemporary to the time it was written)...

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:52:58 PST

How do you think the Irish (contemporary to the time it was written) view 'The Dead'?