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JAMES JOYCE
LIFE AND WORKS
LIFE
BORN IN DUBLIN (1882).
STUDIED AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
MOVED TO PARIS, THEN TRIESTE.
LIVED IN ZURICH DURING WORLD WAR I.
DIED IN 1941.
MAIN WORKS
CHAMBER MUSIC (POEMS).
DUBLINERS (SHORT STORIES).
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN.
ULYSSES (MASTERPIECE).
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE
WHAT IS IT?
DIRECTLY SHOWS THE CHARACTER’S THOUGHTS.
THE NARRATOR DISAPPEARS.
THE READER ENTERS THE CHARACTER’S MIND.
DUBLIERS
WHAT IS IT?
COLLECTION OF 15 SHORT STORIES.
SET IN DUBLIN.
DESCRIBES ORDINARY PEOPLE.
MAIN THEME
CHARACTERS CANNOT CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
TRAPPED BY SOCIETY.
TRAPPED BY TRADITIONS.
LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
STYLE
REALISM.
SYMBOLISM.
NO MORAL JUDGEMENT.
EACH STORY FROM ONE CHARACTER’S POINT OF VIEW.
THE DEAD
SETTING
AFTER-CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY.
GABRIEL AND GRETTA.
SYMBOL OF IRISH SOCIETY.
PLOT
GRETTA REMEMBERS MICHAEL FUREY.
HE DIED FOR LOVE.
GABRIEL HAS HIS EPIPHANY.
HE UNDERSTANDS HIS LIFE HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY EMPTY.
MAIN THEMES
LOVE.
DEATH.
MEMORY.
PARALYSIS.
EPIPHANY.
IDENTITY.
FEATURES
MIX OF REALISM AND SYMBOLISM.
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE.
POETIC LANGUAGE.
OPEN ENDING.
GABRIEL’S EPIPHANY
PART 1
GABRIEL’S EMOTIONS
THINKS ABOUT GRETTA.
FEELS GUILTY.
REALIZES HE HAS NEVER LIVED TRUE LOVE.
PART 2
FINAL EPIPHANY
WATCHES THE FALLING SNOW.
REFLECTS ON LIFE AND DEATH.
UNDERSTANDS HUMAN FRAGILITY.
SYMBOL OF THE SNOW
COVERS EVERYONE.
SYMBOL OF DEATH.
SYMBOL OF PURIFICATION.
UNITES THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.
FINAL MESSAGE
PASSION IS STRONGER THAN A LONG LIFE WITHOUT LOVE.
LIFE, DEATH AND MEMORY ARE CONNECTED.
GABRIEL BECOMES AWARE OF HIMSELF.