English 1022E Lecture 18: The Dead

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 1022E
• Professor: David Bentley

Document Summary

Archangels: gabriel: announces that mary will give birth to jesus the son of god. Gabriel in the story gives lily money as a gift for christmas: relates to the annunciation, michael: blows the trumpet that ushers in the apocalypse. Michael furey singer, powerful voice, goes along with trumpet playing. Last memory of him is him standing beside a tree. Writing style: all-knowing, third person, past tense, literally used when guratively should be used, narrator seems to mimic the way that lily is thinking breathless, fast-paced. Direct discourse what the character actually says. Indirect discourse paraphrasing, gist of what the character said. Free indirect discourse not limited to what someone has said, what they are thinking and feeling at the same time seamlessly woven into the narrative. Biblical references: snow water holy water symbolizes rebirth (noah"s ark, and how god. Ooded the world to rid it of evil: snow falling from the snow symbolizes the falling from his pretentiousness.