20th January 2020

What are they celebrating? annual ritual

Arrival of the guests → 1st sequence

Why is the welcoming of the guests important in the economy of the short story?

How is Gabriel introduced?

Why are they waiting for him?

He is an illustrious guest

Why Lily’s figure is important?

Caretaker, welcoming → pretexts 

How Lily and Gabriel’s meeting anticipates the story?

What is an epiphany?

He became aware that he had never loved someone as Michael Furey 

What does the first part communicate? → everything is in a hurry

Gabriel’s epiphany is the consequence of a song

All characters deal with music

What is the interaction between Lily and Gabriel?

To engage = coinvolgere

How does he explain his delay?

Escape → liberation in Joyce

To hold somebody still

Inner → psiche

Internal → place