![]() ![]() It is a sudden shining down of reason, a realization of your situation. The object achieves its epiphany" (Shwarz, 66). Deriving from a Greek dramatic term (from epi- "upon, on, top" and the verb feinien "to shine") used to denote when a god appears to restore order from chaos and later used by Christians to label the Incarnation, it is defined by Joyce as "a sudden spiritual manifestation… The soul of the commonest object… seems to us radiant. ![]() This is significant in itself as much of Joyce's work-and in particular this one-revolves around the idea of the epiphany. In this story, we are invited to a party on Twelfth Night, the eve of the Epiphany. Despite this, I remain undaunted by the challenge of psychoanalyzing the character of Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce's short story " The Dead," from his 1914 collection Dubliners. Sigmund Freud once said that the Irish are the only people who can't benefit from psychotherapy. A Freudian Reading of James Joyce's "The Dead" ![]()
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