Analyzing the character of Gabriel as an inhabitant of the modern wasteland as it is depicted in “The Dead.”

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Analyzing the character of Gabriel as an inhabitant of the modern wasteland as it is depicted in “The Dead.”

Analyzing the character of Gabriel as an inhabitant of the modern wasteland as it is depicted in “The Dead.”

Write a well-developed and well-supported 500-word essay analyzing the character of Gabriel as an inhabitant of the modern wasteland as it is depicted in "The Dead." You may want to use portions of Eliot’s poem The Wasteland (Part I) to establish some basic characteristics. Note especially the following themes in the story as they affect Gabriel: the failure of communication, the failure of religion, and the failure of personal relationships. What does Gabriel’s epiphany at the end of the story suggest?

 

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