The Dead
by James Joyce

The Dead: Genre 1 key example

Key Examples in The Dead

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"The Dead” is a modernist short story notable for its use of epiphany: Gabriel's sudden realization, at the story's climax, that he has been short-sighted in many aspects of his life—about his wife's desires and own experiences (which he has not taken seriously, or come to fully understand), his own superiority complex, and his inability to confront mortality directly.