James Joyce demonstrates how imagery can deeply engage a reader into a story. In "The Dead", Gabriel depicts his wife as a beautiful woman who no longer is. All adding up to the final statement that beauty diminishes with time.
The author of "The Dead" uses several literary techniques to express how Gabriel is feeling and what he is experiencing. He simply watches his wife sleep, but begins to experience a variety of intense feelings and thoughts. Joyce embeds the literary technique of metaphors and imagery. he intentionally applies them in order to produce an emotional response from the reader.
Firstly, he uses metaphors to describe how his wife 's beauty has deteriorated. He explains how those feelings enter his soul, but he refuses to let