the dead by james joyce

The dead by james joyce is all about a husband names gabriel conroy who is married to gretta. The story began with the preparation of the morkan sisters annual dinner and dance that is always taken place at their home in the early wintery season. guests begin to arrive and thats fine, but the sisters are concerned due to mr and mrs. gabrial conroy is late showing up. eventually they show up and mr. conroy basically blamed his wife for being late. Gabriel went to put their coats up in the coat closet when he made a remark to the maid, lily by basically saying any marriage purposals or any interests in any men? she got upset and not happy with what gabriel said. later when he had to make a speech he was in self awareness of a poor speech and no one understanding it. also succeeding due to being the favorite nephew of the morkan sisters. later in the story he became aroused by seeing his wife at the top of the stairs(after finally recognizing her) and when they get back to the motel he started caressing her and she was seemingly distant from him as if she was in another world from the past. And she was actually , back in her young years when she lived with her grandmother before going to the convent school. what brought the memories back was the song mr. d'varcy sang back at the party. finally the story ended with gabriel thinking about him, his wife, her story from the past with michael passing when she was young, the living and the dead.