The collection of short stories written by James Joyce, Dubliners, manifests the writer’s outlook on Ireland. Joyce views Ireland as a stagnant, quiescent nation, which he effectively portrays in his longest written short story, “The Dead.” Although what may seem to the average reader as a narrative with a weak plot and a somber denouement, “The Dead” brims with a plethora of enigmatic descriptions of Joyce’s home country. Throughout the short story, James Joyce utilized various literary devices, namely symbolism, metaphor, and dialogue, to aid him in his vision of dormant Ireland. The paralysis of Ireland is depicted through the use of a single symbol--snow. After all, if something is frozen with snow, it is motionless. Joyce employs the symbolism