Dubliners · Character
Corley
A bulky, boastful Dublin ladies' man who walks like a conqueror and treats courtship as a transaction to be closed.
supporting
First appearance: Two Gallants
As a supporting figure in Dubliners, Corley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A boastful and manipulative man who exploits a servant girl for money and favors, treating her as a conquest.
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Corley dominates the pavement with his solid boots and swaying head, confident that he can 'pull off' whatever scheme he and Lenehan have hatched. He is vain, calculating, and casually contemptuous of the women he…
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See Corley in Two GallantsCharacter Web
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- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Street-level schemers and infatuations
- Central protagonists and catalysts
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…
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- Lenehan
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →
- Lenehan
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →
- Lenehan
friendship · ambivalent
Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring… How this plays out →
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See Corley in Two GallantsIn the story
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See Corley in Two Gallants