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This 5 page paper examines James Joyce's short story The Dead. Many quotes are included. This thesis paper includes an outline. The primary source is the only one used.
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is a character who is rather arrogant, but beneath that arrogance is a depression and a lack of acceptance of death. II. Memories 1. Regrets a. Memories can be
painful if one has regrets. b. Memories can be painful if one has no regrets. 2. Belief in the Afterlife. III. Gabriels Character 1. Arrogant 2. Depressed 3. Believes
that people have a duty to live. 4. He comes to the conclusion that life does have meaning. 5. Self-absorbed and easily bored. a. Incident where he looks around.
b. He does not like to hear Mary Jane play. 6. Memories of his wife are fond. IV. Conclusion 1. The story includes talk about death. 2. People in
real life do have trouble discussing death. 3. People should cherish the dead. 4. It seems that Gabriels character has forever changed.
James Joyces short story "The Dead" confronts the idea of memory and how it can
play tricks, and also how it can trigger emotion. One of the most important paragraphs, which sets the tone, is as follows: "But yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into
a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts that will recur to our minds: thoughts of the past, of youth, of changes, of absent faces
that we miss here to-night. Out path though life is strewn with many such sad memories: and were we to brood upon them always we could not find the heart
to go on bravely with our work among the living. We have all of us living duties and living affections which claim, and rightly claim, out strenuous endeavors" (Joyce 221).
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