Two Gallants

by

James Joyce

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Two Gallants Quotes

—That takes the solitary, unique, and, if I may so call it, recherché biscuit

Related Characters: Lenehan (speaker), Corley
Page Number: 44
Explanation and Analysis:

Most people considered Lenehan a leech but, in spite of this reputation, his adroitness and eloquence had always prevented his friends from forming any general policy against him.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley
Related Symbols: Walking
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Page Number: 44
Explanation and Analysis:

Lenehan’s gaze was fixed on the large moon circled with a double halo. He watched earnestly the passing of the grey web of twilight across its face.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley
Related Symbols: The Moon
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 46
Explanation and Analysis:

—Well...tell me, Corley, I suppose you’ll be able to pull it off all right, eh?

Related Characters: Lenehan (speaker), Corley, The Maid
Related Symbols: Women, Walking
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 46
Explanation and Analysis:

—You’re what I call a gay Lothario, said Lenehan. And the proper kind of Lothario too!

Related Characters: Lenehan (speaker), Corley
Related Symbols: Women
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 46
Explanation and Analysis:

—She was...a bit of all right, he said regretfully.

Related Characters: Corley (speaker), Lenehan
Related Symbols: Women
Page Number: 47
Explanation and Analysis:

He knew that he would have to speak a great deal, to invent and amuse, and his brain and throat were too dry for such a task. The problem of how he could pass the hours till he met Corley again troubled him a little. He could think of no way of passing them but to keep on walking.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley, The Maid
Related Symbols: Walking
Page Number: 50
Explanation and Analysis:

He was tired of knocking about, of pulling the devil by the tail, of shifts and intrigues. He would be thirty-one in November. Would he never get a good job? Would he never get a home of his own? [...] Experience had embittered his heart against the world.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley
Related Symbols: Women
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 51-52
Explanation and Analysis:

His friends talked very little. They looked vacantly after some figures in the crowd and sometimes made a critical remark.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley
Page Number: 52
Explanation and Analysis:

He knew Corley would fail; he knew it was no go.

Related Characters: Lenehan, Corley, The Maid
Related Symbols: Walking
Page Number: 53
Explanation and Analysis:
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