FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
An Irish nationalist
|
|
|
A drunk party guest
|
|
|
Gabriel’s favorite nephew
|
|
|
Gretta’s dead ex-boyfriend
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Mike Furey, singer and songwriter for Dangerous Muse.
Detailed explanation-2: -Molly Ivors. Miss Molly Ivors is one guests at the Miss Morkan’s party. When Lancers, “an elaborate group dance” (Leonard 461) is arranged, she finds herself dancing with Gabriel Conroy. And right after they started their choreography, Molly Ivors begins to attack Gabriel.
Detailed explanation-3: -When he sees Gretta transfixed by the music at the end of the party, Gabriel yearns intensely to have control of her strange feelings. Though Gabriel remembers their romantic courtship and is overcome with attraction for Gretta, this attraction is rooted not in love but in his desire to control her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Joyce emphasizes that living passionless as the characters do is no different than being dead, that’s why the story is titled “The Dead”. She uses a lot of repetition and characterization to maintain this sort of mundane world.