The Dead by James Joyce

For the majority of the 20th century, women were viewed as subordinates to men. In James Joyces scam story, The Dead, the author effectively uses the personality of Gabriels internal battles and his altercations with feminine characters to act as the clashing intellects of femininity and masculinity. throughout the overbold, his interactions with womanish characters demonstrate the buzzer that his ego undergoes. These separate interactions ultimately lead to his breaking tear d deliver which can be seen as the climax of the story; his epiphany. on that point are three main encounters that are representative of this idea; his encounter with Lily at the rattling beginning of the novel, his encounter with hightail it Ivors on the dance floor, and what finally took him over the edge--his encounter at the end of the novel with his own wife Gretta. From a womens rightist perspective, there are unimpeachably elements in this novel that get ahead the oppression of women. As Margot Norris wrote, the schoolbook should be read with dickens vocalizations in mind; Gabriels loudly male narration and the dim  female countertext that does not result in making itself heard. However, what is not recognized is that while the female text is not emphasized, the actions and colloquy of female characters are the private road force behind the governing male narration. This raises a contravene between the characters in the novel and the themes of masculinity, feminism, and dominance. While the male voice is certainly the most prominent, the female voice brings Gabriels insecurities to light, and causes him to question his identity.\nThe prime(prenominal) example of this is Gabriels interaction with Lily, the caretakers daughter, at the very beginning of the novel. originally he shows up to his aunts dinner party, Gabriel is depicted as a man of importance because of the hope and eagerness centered around his arrival. The fact that the text focuses on him even before his arrival sets the stage for introducing him as a domina...