"Eveline" One thing I noticed in James Joyce's "Eveline" is that the main character only wants to marry the man she is dating to escape the pain and anguish that she grew up in. Eveline growing up has put up with watching her father abuse her mother and when she dies, Eveline becomes the victim. Due to this, I believe that Joyce infers that she only wanted to leave home for Buenos Aires to leave these memories behind. ... Joyce portrays this by not even mentioning her name, Eveline, until the thought of moving to an unknown country with a man that she is to marry. ... James Joyce "...

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"Eveline" is a short story written by James Joyce about a young lady who lives her life in a promise. ... Joyce opens the story with Eveline remembering old neighbors like "the Waters" (4) who have since escaped east to England because they were not opposed to leaving their home. ... In the story, Eveline's sudden impulse drives her to admit that "He would save her" (Joyce 6) if she goes with him east across the seas. Eveline looks forward to "exploring another life with Frank" (Joyce 5). ... Joyce portrays Eveline as being a coward, because only a coward would follow a path that...

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Living in the same time period, Katherine Mansfield (1923-1988) and James Joyce (1941-1982) played significant roles in the modernist avant-garde of the 20th century. ... Eveline was a poor and desperate 19-yearold woman who worked in a shop in Dublin and took care of her father. ... As a tragic heroine, Miss Brill and Eveline share something in common, being unable to face the world or reality. ... Eveline is too timid to embrace a new life and she lets guilt from a promise take over her own life. ... On the other hand, because she stayed, Eveline could have become Miss Brill. ...

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The main character, Eveline, has a very important choice to make. ... Eveline was infatuated with Frank; he was a sailor that she was eager to start a live with. ... Secretly, Eveline agreed to leave with him by the night-boat. ... At the end of the story, Eveline makes the choice to stay with her father. ... Death is mentioned frequently throughout "Eveline....

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Much like Gabriel in James Joyce's in "The Dead", part of a series of stories in Dubliners. ... James Joyce uses snow to reflect his shield or detachment from the people around him. ... James Joyce has similar themes in his other Dubliner stories "Araby" and "Eveline". ... "Eveline" is about a girl who uses love to find an escape from her dysfunctional family. ... James Joyce had little faith in love. ...

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