osed by the title is "Who are the dead?" Joyce supplies an ambiguous answer, but he makes it quite clear that the "dead" include a substantial number of living people.
One of the most telling episodes of the story occurs in a discussion about the church between Aunt Kate, Freddie Malins, and Mr. Browne. The two are discussing the church and the idea
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