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Throughout James Joyce's Dubliners, the many stories share the same themes with different plots and characters. The Dead is the most significant story because it not only concludes Joyce's novel, but it is the only story whose character sums up the epiphanies throughout the book. The themes of paralysis, routine, and death are all seen constantly throughout Dubliners. Every story leading up to The Dead explores an inconclusive version of the themes, thereby setting the stage for The Dead to resolve the novel.
In the first story, The Sisters, a priest who is a friend of the narrator has passed away and the boy later recollects his time with the priest. The constant repetition of the priest's routine in church can be seen as his ultimate downfall into paralysis and ultimately, his aforementioned death. The story ends rather inconclusively and the novel begins already leaving the reader hanging.
Also in Araby, death is mentioned almost immediately when the narrator makes reference......

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