... halfheartedly to comfort Gretta, then lets her hand fall and walks to the window. Later, Gretta is fast asleep. Gabriel looks at her and thinks, without resentment, about her past romance, feeling what a poor part he himself has actually played in her life. He thinks that her face is no longer the face for which Michael Furey was willing to die ... the longest story in Dubliners, three times as long as the average entry; it is the last story in the book, by far the most important story in the book, and by far the most famous story in the book. It is generally considered to be one of the...

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... Wayne Wang did well in this picture, was to take a tried and true existing text and improve the flow of the story on the big screen. The book was structured fairly rigidly, mothers talk, daughters talk, mothers talk, end of story. Wang took this scenario and worked it into a flow that made the ... story not only easier to follow but a better tale because of it. Since reading the book I have seen the film three times, once in class and twice on my own, the first time was to take notes, the second to make sure they ... a family with many mothers, brothers, fathers, and daughters, but also...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School