Santosh Sivan Essays

Symbols of Snow in “The Dead” by James Joyce The Dead is a short story written by James Joyce. The work represents a description of a typical Christmas day of Gabriel Conroy, the decent husband and beloved nephew of three aunts. His mother died and her sisters became the man’s closest relatives. All women lived in one mansion that Gabriel visited with his wife on holidays. The story does not show significant events like murders or adulteries. It describes a typical holiday of a decent Irish man and