Two Galla

nts analysis by james joyce
Two Gallants

Tone: pessimistic, slow, dull, melancholic
The colour warm evening of August...
... a memory of summer...

The mood is kindred this beca use August is the month of death (leaves lose their leaves). The weather also starts getting cold. The point that the eveining is describe as grey renforces this like thinker. The memory of summer gives the impression that the people of Dublin set out seen better days (nostalgia for the past).

The tone could also be described as bitter sweet since there was a gaily colored crowd and Like pearls illuminated the lamps.... This expresses that there is a glimmer of hope still present in the flakes lives. The colors of the crowd contrast with the bleek image we carry of the city of Dublin. This could mean that the city as a oddball oppresses the population that lies in it.

Mood: At the beginning it is open and friendly. Just what we would expect the atmosphere between two friends to be. The fact that we can relate to it makes the story seem more real.
...amused listen face...
...one night she brought me two bloody fine cigars...




This is reenforced by the use of slang by the characters
on the turf = prostitute
mug = fool

posterior the mood changes when Lenehan is left to wander Dublin by himself.
dark, quite a street, the sombre look of which suited his mood
The change in mood could be because Lenehan is now by himself and cannot face the heavy Dublin by himself. This related back to the description
of the scenery the gaily colored crowd. The crowd together seems to be doing well, so when Lenehan and Corley become separated, the grey warm eveing dampenes Lenehans mood. Joyce could have create verbally this because he wanted the Irish to reflect on the idea of unity. Maybe he wanted to send the message that the Irish are strnger when they are together and that they can overcome their hardships when they air to cooperation.

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