In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce follows the mental and physical maturation of Stephen Dedalus. ... Throughout Portrait, Joyce develops a myriad of patriarchal roles and authority figures which play major roles in the protagonist's development. ... As A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is largely autobiographical, the denouement seen in Stephen's journal entries also holds great significance for Joyce's own struggles in staying loyal to either religion or his own inner artist. ... Throughout the novel, Simon is depicted as a man who seems stuck n a ru...

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The Development of Consciousness in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man In James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a young Irish man, Stephen Dedalus struggles to find himself. ... As a young boy Stephen's perception of the world is quite different than that of the man's he is to become later on in his life. ... Though childlike as they are, his observations show that, even at such a young age Stephen is extremely aware of the world around him. ... In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce shows the development of S...

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In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Part Four is a period of great change for Stephen, in which his feeling about life and his character are modified at multiple instances. ... Instead of questioning religion, God, and morality, Stephen is becoming an overly devoted man of the Church who more than dutifully prays and worships his savior. ...

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