Review of the "Dead"
It's set at the Christmas party of Gabriel Conroy's (Christopher Walken) music-loving aunts, where three generations gather each year for a holiday feast. This year, a guest's song awakens a memory for Gabriel's wife (Blair Brown) and revives a long-buried passion.It was dawn when Gabriel and Gretta Conroy, Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, and Miss O'Callaghan left the Misses Morkans' annual dance. There had been some dancing, piano playing, singing, conversing, and dining at the gathering. The sky was still dark as the group began their walk, with Mr. D'Arcy and Gretta leading the way. Gretta was particularly quiet and indifferent, in comparison to Gabriel, who was feeling much affection for his wife. He was proud and happy to have Gretta as his wife, having witnessed her grace and composure at the party. Gabriel was full of emotions; he wanted to be alone with Gretta, to hold her, even protect her. All he wanted was to remember the moments of ecstasy he and Gretta shared, not the dull, plain life they usually led. Gabriel could not wait to be alone with his wife, and be rid of their present company.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gretta finally said that she was thinking about "The Lass of Aughrim," the song that Mr. D'Arcy sang at the party. She continued to weep as she proceeded to tell Gabriel about a young man with a very good voice who sang the same song a long time ago. The man's name was Michael Furey, and he had been in the gasworks. Gabriel started to get jealous and angry, until Gretta said that Michael had died when he was only seventeen. She went on to say that Michael was very fond of her, and that they used to go walking around together. When Gabriel asked Gretta how Michael died, she surprised him by saying that she believed that Michael had died for her. Michael had fallen ill before Gretta was to leave for the convent, and he had told her that he did not want to live. A week after Gretta left, Michael died. Gretta sobbed uncontrollably after finishing her story, and cried herself to sleep. If we look at the argument that the minor characters are insignificant, then the reader does not really lose much by reading a shortened version of th
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Approximate Word count = 748
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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