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...

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• Grade Level: High School

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. ... In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as a martyr, according to Richard Ellman, Joyce's biographer. ... It helps him learn that in order to become the artist he yearns to be, he must separate himself mentally from Ireland, his family, and from the Catholic Church, or his faith. This is difficult for Stephen because he has been such a devoted Catholic his entire life. ... This theme is nearly identical to The I...

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. ... In each of these works it was Joyce's main goal to create a story, in which the protagonist was a Catholic hero as well as a martyr, according to Richard Ellman, Joyce's biographer. ... It helps him learn that in order to become the artist he yearns to be, he must separate himself mentally from Ireland, his family, and from the Catholic Church, or his faith. This is difficult for Stephen because he has been such a devoted Catholic his entire life. ... This theme is nearly identical to The I...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nowhere is this more evident than in James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where being punished by several different people severely affects the growth and development of the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus. ... This shocks his Catholic family and in response to their shock, Stephen crawls under the table. ... Even though Stephen's life revolved around the church as a child and he turned his back on the church. The churches main goal was to turn him into a priest and instead he renounced the church and the order and became an artist instead. Stephen goes from an unrepen...

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In the story, he made fun of the vices, foolishness of people, institutions, and Roman Catholic Church, although he was a priest. Moreover, broad humor was mingled with keen social satire, political insight, and pedagogic wisdom, and his writing style and attitude influenced twentieth century writers, such as Henry Miller and James Joyce. ...

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