Two Gallants
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"Two Gallants" is a short story by James Joyce that follows two young men wandering Dublin as they cynically exploit a servant girl, highlighting themes of moral paralysis and exploitation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Dubliners stories ⓘ |
| centralConflict | exploitation of a servant girl ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | Dubliners first edition ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts | urban Dublin lower-middle-class life ⓘ |
| depictsTheme | moral paralysis in Dublin society ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short story length ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Corley as manipulator
ⓘ
Lenehan as observer ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
money and debt
ⓘ
servant girl ⓘ wandering through the city ⓘ |
| hasStructure | single-evening episode ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTone |
critical
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ |
| includedIn | Irish literature curricula ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Corley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lenehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| partOf | Dubliners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
cynicism
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ exploitation ⓘ moral paralysis ⓘ sexual exploitation ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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