He realises that he was not his wife’s first love, and in Edwardian Dublin (1904) this is somewhat unacceptable. Gabriel’s epiphany at the end of the play highlights the psychological vision and viewpoint of the play. I found the general vision and viewpoint I gained from these opening scenes to contrast, as TD begins quite optimistically to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, while WH and CK both commenced rather bleakly.
Similarly in WH, the novel begins with our frame narrator Mr Lockwood arriving at a house (wuthering Heights), but instead a feeling of pessimism is prevalent as Lockwood is subject to gothic elements (such as snarling dogs at his heels) and a cruel welcome from Heathcliff. Soon after Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta arrive at the dinner party, the setting for TD, and a feeling of optimism emerges as it is the start of what is expected to be a wonderfully festive evening. A wacky newsreel showing the history of the world during Kane’s lifetime follows, while an eerie hymn foreshadowing ghostly happenings is the first section of TD.
A shot in deep focus of the awe-inspiring Xanadu before the death of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane launches CK. In all three of the texts, the central characters are introduced from the opening scenes.
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