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    was especially harder on Eveline‚ the protagonist of "Eveline‚" by James Joyce. Eveline‚ "trapped like a helpless animal" by her deathbed promise to her mother‚ is morally unable to break her vow and flee her miserable home to seek a new life for herself. First‚ Eveline made a deathbed promise to her mother; that she would keep her family together as long as she could (Joyce 6). This promise implied the caring of her brothers‚ her father and their home. As long as Eveline could take care of their

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    In “Eveline‚” James Joyce uses the juxtaposition of the ever-changing setting and the unchanging stoic character of Eveline in order to exemplify the character’s reluctance and inability to move forward. James Joyce is known for his juxtaposition of light and dark throughout his short stories‚ specifically in his story “Araby.” I would argue that Joyce is using the contrast of opposing forces described above between the setting and the character in a similar way as he was light and dark. “Araby”

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    a very important issue. In the short story "Eveline" James Joyce portrays the life of a young woman who faces dilemma whether to leave her house in search of a new life or to stay in the dreary and gloomy life that she already knows. Eveline is a nineteen-year old girl. She lives with her father and two younger siblings. Her mother and one of her older brothers have died and she has another older brother who works away from home. Eveline works in a store does all the housework at home

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    In “Eveline”‚ the short story from James Joyce‚ the author introduces us into the life and conundrum of a girl named Eveline. In this story‚ our main character is struggling to choose between a new life away from her roots‚ or staying with the remainder of her divided family. A young man named Frank ‚ who has been courting her‚ and has offered to take her away back to his home in Buenos Ayres in search of a new life. However‚ Eveline chooses to stay in the gloomy‚ life sucking environment

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    "Eveline" by James Joyce “Eveline” by James Joyce is a story about duty and family ties. The author introduces us to a young woman who is conflicted between her desire for freedom and the promise she has made to her dead mother. Throughout the story Eveline is perceived as a helpless animal caged in her own house by a tyrant father. Eveline faces a difficult dilemma: remain at home like a dutiful daughter‚ or leave Dublin with her lover‚ Frank‚ who is a sailor. We will see how the death played

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    Present: "Eveline" We begin James Joyce’s story of "Eveline" with the introduction to the protagonist‚ a girl who longs a different life. She spends the opening reflecting on her past memories‚ when she had happier times with her whole family. Then focuses on her work life; would leaving her job be wise or would it be worth what she’d receive afterwards? Eveline has a clear void in what used to be a life she enjoyed‚ but now finds lacking. A glimmer of hope shines through for Eveline when she recalls

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    Kristin Fox Cynthia Wesson English 120 Wednesday‚ June 13‚ 2013 Moving Forward In the story “Eveline” the word dust is used many times mostly in referring to the home for example when it says‚ “reviewing all of the familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years‚ wondering where on earth all the dust had come from” (Joyce 3). The continual references to dirt in the house show the house being something old. Almost like when you walk into an old garage that no one goes in

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    elsewhere. The Irish were second-class citizens within their own nation; Ireland was a British colony and the Northern Protestants controlled the economy of the country. Catholic families often faced hardship. Alcoholism and abuse‚ as portrayed in “Eveline” were rampant. As a result‚ many of the Irish sought to escape James Joyce represents everyday life of Dublin in the early twentieth century in his collection of short stories‚ Dubliners. Dubliners consists of 15 stories and each of them unfolds

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    In James Joyce’s "Eveline‚" a young woman faces the difficult choice of taking a risk or remaining in safety. Eveline must choose between following her heart and impulsively following a man she barely knows or remaining with her family in a relatively uneventful and predictable life. Joyce uses several certain concepts‚ actions‚ and images such as dusting‚ names‚ and Joyce’s past to symbolize the true nature of the short story. Even the act of cleaning a house by dusting the many objects within

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    Eveline is a short story written by James Joyce. In the last paragraph of the story Joyce states that "She set her white face to him‚ passive‚ like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition" (7). This is the most powerful and important line in the story of Eveline. The line illustrates the reality of her life at home. The reality is that she feels "helpless" and thinks she has to stay and take care of her family and the house. The line shows how she is torn

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