In "The Boarding House" by James Joyce, we have the theme of powerlessness, social opinion, paralysis and marriage. ... The role of the priest in the story is significant as it is possible that Joyce is highlighting the level of involvement that the Catholic Church had in the lives of ordinary people in Ireland at the time that Joyce wrote Dubliners. ... It is obvious to the reader, particularly through Joyce's description of Jack, that Bob is afraid of him. ... Joyce in his character description of Mrs Mooney calls her cunning. ... Bob knows that it is easier to marry Polly than have peo...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The sisters" by James Joyce In my opinion , the story is an illusive story and has a deeper meaning that hides behind the words and symbols that Joyce uses. ... When I think about it I understand that maybe the paralysis of the preist represents the paralysis of the catholic church in ireland. In addition, there is the chalice which is a very symbolic item since it represents the most important vessel in the catholic church and according to it, holds the blood of christ. ... The sisters, which also means nuns, represent the more humanic side of the story , the women in Flynn`s lif...

• Word Count: 541
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• Grade Level: High School

James Joyce adapted the word "epiphany" from the religious term referring to the revelation of Christ's divinity to Magi. ... He has seen the priest for what he really is and Joyce is very symbolic in his representation of the priest, and through the priest the church. Through Father Flynn, Joyce could be implying that Catholicism is decaying in Ireland and there is a sinister element in the church implied through old Cotter "When children see things like that, you know, it has an effect?" ... BIBLIOGRAPHY: Joyce,James Dubliners. London: Penguin Classics Parrinder, Patrick James Joy...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School