... then proceeds to shift backwards and forwards through the focalisation and free indirect speech of the Morkan's and Mary Jane's with that of a more general and transitional narrator. The use of this narrative form, the constant changes in perspective and opinion, leads the reader to question the cosy depiction of events and invites them to 'read' between the lines of what is actually being told. It is here that Joyce's narrative technique embraces a recurrent theme of Dubliners, gnomon, for Joyce leaves the reader to interpret for themselves what is missing from these accounts. He chooses to reveal by implication and silence, by standing back from direct comment or criticism of his characters, creating tension within the text through the implied use of multiple layers and meanings. In the deceptively simple story Clay the narrative voice is designed to mislead the reader. The Dead cleverly moves between a ...

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