Analyzing the Character of Gabriel Essay

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Dead, Gabriel is one of the major characters; he is an embodiment of issues that take shape as the story unfolds including failure of communication, failure of religion, and failure of personal relationships. The author give the reader different perspective of which to understand this character; his aunt views him as a person who dearly loves his family and one who brings a cheerful atmosphere in addition to performing masculine tasks such slaughtering the goose. Gabriel,

With other female characters, such as Miss Ivors, Lily the housemaid, and his wife, Gretta, he is less able to forge a connection, and his attempts often become awkward, and even offensive.

With Miss Ivors, he stumbles defensively through a conversation about his plans to go on a cycling tour, and he offends Lily when he teases her about having a boyfriend.
Gretta inspires fondness and tenderness in him, but he primarily feels mastery over her. Such qualities do not make Gabriel sympathetic, but rather make him an example of a man whose inner life struggles to keep pace with and adjust to the world around him. The Morkans' party exposes Gabriel as a social performer. He carefully reviews his thoughts and words, and he flounders in situations where he cannot predict another person's feelings. Gabriel's unease with unbridled feeling is palpable, but he must face his discomfort throughout….....

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