Here is a link to the audio file of Eveline, which you have recently read.
Two gallants is the next story to read.
Look for a definition of gallant in an online dictionary (for example, the Merriam-Webster), go to the end and say if, in your opinion, the title matches the content.
What object represent epiphany in this story?
Gallant: Courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous. The title of this story, “Two Gallants,” is ironic because Corley and Lenehan aren't two gallants. Infact while Corley is walking with Lenehan, he is happy to relate that she pays his tram fare and has brought him cigars stolen from the house where she is a maid. I think that the object that represent epiphany is the envy of Lenehan for Corley because of his success with woman, when Corley's women are bad.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Zeinka.
ReplyDeleteI think that the title doesn't matches the content of the story because neither Lenehan nor Corley are gallants. Lenehan is a flat, unhappy, self-reflective and quite character, he maybe represents Joyce and his kind of life. Corley is "superior", he is clever. Both men lead dissolute lives and have few prospects. The epiphany maybe could be in the last scene when Corley take the gold coin in his hand, which means that money is their ultimate reward and desire.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gabriele. Sorry for the delay in answering.
DeleteI think we should discuss your comment on the author himself.