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The Dead By James Joyce

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“The Dead” is an intricate work packed full of seemingly random details. However extraneous these details may seem, most are connected meaningfully to numerous plot points within the story. To the distracted eye this text appears to be an emotionally charged turning point in a husband and wife’s relationship overshadowing an anticlimactic dinner party. Nevertheless, the elements that are most critical in the understanding of “The Dead” lie within the casually but frequently mentioned details and images Joyce took into consideration for the creation of the dinner party. Images that Joyce purposefully includes are pictures, whether that be photographs, paintings, or mere visualizations.
The story follows the point of view of a man named Gabriel
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