Dull Gret is Marlene’s quietest dinner guest. She says little, and only speaks when spoken to—and even then answers only in brief, nearly grunted responses. Towards the end of the dinner party, as the women’s intoxication reaches a fever pitch, Gret decides to speak up and describe the journey she and the women of her village undertook as they pillaged Hell and sought retribution for the losses they had all suffered—particularly the losses of their children. The painting of which Gret is at the center—Dulle Griet by Pieter Brueghel the Elder—depicts much of what Gret is describing in this…