... to have been the best written by Joyce and was later turned into a film by John Huston. Huston uses the majority of the substance created by Joyce to produce his film, as well as add some extra bits and remove some information to keep the film moving. To begin, symbols ... were used in both the film and the story. The story, however, contains more obvious symbols than the film. For example, in the story a painting of Romeo and Juliet is spoken of, which symbolizes Michael Furey and Gretta, as ... well as foreshadows the story Gretta will tell Gabriel at the end of the story. This symbo...

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... in the original story. He just seemed to take in the all the information about Michael Fury and the fact that his wife, who was his Juliet did not truly love him. He thought all along that he was her Romeo, and when he found out that this was not the truth he just shrugged it ... of, like it did not matter. In Joyce's story, Gabriel acted very coldly in the bedroom scene when he was interrogating his wife about her previous love, and ... Huston's film. The actress portrayed Gretta's emotions accurately. In both works Gretta starts off the night on a very emotional high (she is very happ...

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