Irish American Media
As we saw in the movie The Dead, the main element of the plot centers on the connection between life and Death, the living and the Dead, and the connection between the past and present. Throughout the film, this connection is made apparent either directly through the reminiscing of characters, young and old, or by external factors within the story. One major factor that hasn’t been mentioned, is the importance of music throughout this film. It intertwines it’s essence amongst practically ever major character, linking one small story to the next, hinting towards a great mystery to be revealed at the end of the movie. As you yourself wrote, Prof. Roman, in your article about Joyce’s written short story, “He constructed his tale almost as if it were a musical piece: the notes, the melodies, the pauses (spaces) and rhythms evolving from his words coming from description, dialogue, the intellectual connections to the reader, the fine details of character, object and occurrence.”(Roman, Irish Echo, 12/26/87) I hope to show you how from the beginning to end, music exists, not just in the background, but as a basis for character development throughout the f
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Gabriel Gretta, Arrayed Bridal, Joyce Huston, Dead Joyce, Kate Morkans, Broken Vows, James Joyce, Christmas Eve, Bartell DArchy, Prof Roman, throughout film, singing song, bartell darchy, aunt kate, connection past, living dead, contemporary irish cinema, gretta gabriel, confession gabriel, james joyce, west ireland, grettas dark secret,
Approximate Word count = 2063
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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