The Dead
“The Dead” is the longest story in Dubliners. It is the last story in the book and by far the most important. Nearly all the chief characteristics central to Dubliners are linked together at the cheerful party at the Misses Morkans' celebrating the feast of the epiphany and later at Gabriel's moment of crisis. The encounter between generations, which is the subject of Gabriel's speech; the moment of the tragic epiphany and Gabriel's shame when learning of his wife's doomed love with Michael Furey are all introduced at this holiday party. The themes of the political instability of Ireland, raised by Miss Ivors when she calls Gabriel a West Briton, drunkenness, in the character of Freddy Malins and the power of music are concerns raised time and again throughout Dubliners. But the focus of this story, like all of the Dubliners is a tragic epiphany, in his case brought on by a dinner party. In The Dead it is Gabriel's epiphany of resignation and helplessness.
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