Two Gallants are Callous Men

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Try not to let the title fool you. Two Gallants, written by James Joyce, is a short story centered around two callous men. One, Corley, is an older man of some rudeness and has a taste for womanizing. The other is a self-conscience, older man of some weight, named Lenehan. The story begins with a light approach, description of the evening weather and the "illumined pearl" lamps of the street. All of Joyce's stories found in the work, The Dubliners, have a poetic quality that makes the simplest of remarks, beautiful. This story in particular has the evident use of eloquent and flowing language but, in keeping with Joyce's style, is used to mask the perverse subject matter. Underneath the language and examining the adolescent drives in two grown, callous men, is where the real story lies.

As told by Joyce, Corley is an entertaining man who gives the reader pause as pertaining to his adolescent treatment of women. As read by a careful ey

The last the reader sees of the "two gallants" is outside the girl's house. Here is the place in the story the reader is lead to the assumption that Corley is paid for his company. The girl is lead to her home and although she enters, Corley stays outside on the sidewalk. His waiting is met by the re-emergence of the girl, who now carries in her hand a gold coin. The two exchanges the gold coin and Corley walks to meet his fellow "gallant", which waits, watching the two, from across the street. When the question, is again, put forth by Lenehan, "Did it come off?" Corley's only reply is the raising of the gold coin.

The title is meant as an obvious joke because the two characters are as far from gallants as horses are from dogs. This show of cynicism reflects throughout the story not only the conversations between the main characters but also in Joyce's prose. Corley begins his journey as a night walk with his girl, departing from Lenehan who in turn, after following the

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Approximate Word count = 665
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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