The term "epiphany"" is used as a revelation in James Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. This process of revelation through thought and action is imperative both for the reader and for Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist in Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. ... James Joyce writes, "She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird"" (171). ... It is only as an artist in response to life, that Stephen believes he will live to his fullest potential. ... Joyce writes, Welcome, O life! ...

• Word Count: 583
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. The novel Stephen Hero was originally written as Joyce's autobiography, which was reworked from the autobiographical piece entitled "Portrait of the Artist." ... Education plays a large role in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ... The theme of a bird in flight is prominent throughout Portrait of the Artist. ... Virgil relates to both The Inferno, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiographical novel of James Joyce. The novel Stephen Hero was originally written as Joyce's autobiography, which was reworked from the autobiographical piece entitled "Portrait of the Artist." ... Education plays a large role in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ... The theme of a bird in flight is prominent throughout Portrait of the Artist. ... Virgil relates to both The Inferno, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Joyce, through Stephen, is able to analyze and possibly justify his dec...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As shown in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, "The New Dress- by Virginia Woolf, and even my own life, characters' identities are constantly subject to the push and pull of external social influences and the individual's own decisions to re-examine or even reject these influences in order to discover his/her true identity and sense of self. In James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Dedalus, the main character, is growing up in late nineteenth-century Ireland. ... Throughout the entire preceding portion of Portrait, allusions are made t...

• Word Count: 2013
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

James Joyce, in his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, traces the growth and development of Stephen Dedalus as he experiences a life filled with filial, social, educational and religious constraints. ... In Chapter Two, Joyce introduces Stephen's acquaintance with Heron, who comes across very hostile during their first meeting (p. 70 544-548). ... Joyce uses symbolic birds and flight to reveal Stephen's path of self-discovery. ...

• Word Count: 1228
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School