26 pages • 52 minutes read
James JoyceThe Dead
Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 1914A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Snow appears as a motif throughout “The Dead.” What does the snow symbolize?
By the end of the story, Gabriel feels as though he hardly knows his wife. In what ways is Gretta’s secret foreshadowed in the narrative?
Freddy has alcoholism. In what ways are his bursts of laughter tinged with a note of tragedy?
Related Titles
By James Joyce
An Encounter
James Joyce
A Painful Case
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
Araby
James Joyce
Clay
James Joyce
Counterparts
James Joyce
Dubliners
James Joyce
Eveline
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
Ivy Day in the Committee Room
James Joyce
The Boarding House
James Joyce
The Sisters
James Joyce
Two Gallants
James Joyce
Ulysses
James Joyce