Appunti 16/01

To introduce all the guests and the protagonists 

What is the occasion of the meeting?

What is the general ritual of the annual dance? There is the welcoming of the guests, the music, the dinner, Gabriel’s speech and the living.

The most meaningful part 

1. Arrival of the guest

2. Meeting with misses Ivors -> it expresses the attitude to Ireland 

It is relevant because once wanted to express, to show, to convey the idea

Miss Ivors is the mouth speaker of a nationalist revival 

What is there of so positive outside of Ireland? Studying other languages is useful

What does Gabriel think about the irish language?

Gabriel can be considered modernist 

What makes him modernist? Literary movement that expresse the need of artists to be avant-garde 

It shows the different opinion of a vision of the world. What does she say about iIreland?

To be shamed = vergognarsi

Lei associa il fatto che lui scriva su quel giornale al fatto che stia dalla parte dei britannici

The reader understands that Gabriel is a writer of literature

What kind of narrator is the one in this short story? Third person narrator

Generally speaking, what kind of narrator is?

The short story comes to life thanks to a narrator that 

What is the most frequent narrative technique? The use of the interior monologue 

To show Gabriel’s feelings

He doesn’t use the interior monologue for all the characters

Why does the writer use the interior monologue differently with Gabriel and Gretta?

Main objective: to put into focus Gabriel ‘s existential doubts, weakness in personality. 

How do you judge Greta as a character?

In which way is she different from Gabriel? 

Cos’hanno in comune? 

Lei non è così vanitosa come lui, lui vuole il desiderio e lei no

Who do you side with? What makes you similar to him?