James Joyce Allusions

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Gabriel’s character can be viewed as humane with the additions of being of admiring fashion towards people. The author, Joyce, reveals his manner of behaviour due to her various uses of literary devices and techniques, increasing the classical rhetoric’s fashion.
Gabriel is most likely an allusion to the name of the biblical fallen angel: Saint Michael. The allusion to this seems to strengthen when death comes into play, as he consoles with his useless words of consolation. He is shown to care fir the people he is around, by wanting to protect them; however, he is not able to act properly to the actions being represented. The death of the person for a woman’s sake seems to dawn in him, heaving a deep and malicious impact in the continuation of his life, concluding he has remorse and passion towards people. …show more content…

He is passionate for the lady’s hand. “He wanted her while she slept as though she had never lived together as man and wife.” This shows a third person observant view type increasing the dramatization of the passage provided. From this perspective, it is evident that the woman is nearing or is already dead.
The author uses metonymy to symbolize “same drawing room dressed in black” to the actuality of being in a dead state.
Showing the characteristics of Gabriel, Joyce uses this by encompassing the literary devices: allusion, point of view, and metonymy. This creates a deeper and more thorough understanding of the revolving

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