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Dubliners - Coggle Diagram
Dubliners
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All the stories are set in Dublin -> “The city seemed to me the centre of paralysis”, Joyce stated.
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The Sisters
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Atmosphere -> suffocating, ∫ linked to paralysis/death; bright, airy linked to life.
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Characters:
The adult world: the boy’s uncle and aunt;
Old Cotter; the dead priest, and his sisters,
Eliza and Nannie.
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Eveline
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Characters:
Frank -> a very kind, open-hearted and brave boy.
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Eveline -> passive, influenced by her family’s mentality.
The Dead
The protagonists: Gabriel Conroy, an embodiment of Joyce himself, and Gretta, his wife.
Epiphany -> the song The Lass of Aughrim, reminds Gretta of a young man, Michael Furey, who died for her when he was seventeen years old. -> Gabriel understands he is deader than Michael Furey in Gretta’s mind.
Symbols -> the snow, Gabriel’s journey to the west.