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THE DEAD - Coggle Diagram
THE DEAD
CHARACTERS
Lily: The caretaker’s daughter who helps attend to the party guests; flower; associated with death, given at funerals; symbolizes innocence, purity, virginity, chastity (Victorian); could represent death of the Victorian values
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Michael Furey: He is Gretta’s childhood love who died long ago; "who is like God"; Michael died out of love for Gretta, just as Christ died out of love for mankind; the idea of resurrection that is given in the story. He is “brought back” as a chance for Gabriel to change and be “reborn”.
Gabriel Conroy: He’s the protagonist of the story. Gabriel is Kate and Julia’s nephew.; "man of God" in Hebrew; related to Archangel Gabriel
Mrs. Ivors: Gabriel’s colleague who appears to be a staunch Irish nationalist; had access to education; more traditionalist
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Mr. Browne: another guest at the party. His surname proves significant as Joyce uses the color brown throughout Dubliners to signify the drabness of Dublin life. He continually makes jokes involving his name throughout the night. He represents the simple Dublin man that Gabriel sees as inferior.
SYMBOLS
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Windows: separation living/dead, passion/loneliness
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The supper: ceremony of mass, Gabriel carves the goose (Eucharist) to the assembly, then delivers the speech (homily); described in military terms bec. of historical context
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The color grey: symbolizes death as in Gabriel’s epiphany, he sees himself going back to his aunt’s house but in this case, for her funeral, and he can see how his own identity is“fading into a grey impalpable world,”which is the world of the dead.
The color brown: Often embodied by the character Mr. Browne, the color brown represents the boredom/blandness of Dublin.
Light and dark: Traditionally light symbolizes truth or knowledge, and the dark symbolizes ignorance.
Modernist features
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Perspectivism, Impressionism
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Historical context
Because of the content of some of the dialogue in the story, we can assume it took place in the first week of January in 1904, probably between January 2nd (Saturday) and January 6th (Wednesday). The characters speak of the party as taking place after New Year's Eve but still during Christmas time, which would last until January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany (Twelfth Night). The date of 1904 is accepted because of they talk about Pope Pius X's recent (November,1903) Motu Proprio.
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Irish famine (1845-1852): , it is believed as many as 1 million Irish men, women and children perished during the Famine, and another 1 to 2 million emigrated from the island to escape poverty and starvation
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EPIPHANIES
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2nd: at the end of the story after learning about Michael Furey; G is not living life at its fullest; rebirth
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Story´s setting: early 1900s, Dublin, Gabriel aunt´s house