Eveline

I take the theme of 'Eveline' to be one of Joyce's key preoccupations, the idea of paralysis, our inability to break out of situations that have become home for us, even when those situations are...

James Joyce's story "Eveline" portrays the internal reality of a disappointing and repressive existence. In doing so, Joyce employs several literary techniques: 1. Allusions There are several...

"Eveline," like other stories in Joyce's Dubliners, foregrounds the city of Dublin almost as a character in itself. It is also portrayed as a city people are unable or unwilling to leave, even when...

Eveline struggles to separate herself from religious and familial obligations. In the story "Eveline," Eveline suffers from what Joyce termed "paralysis." This is the stultifying pull of external...

Symbols are objects, situations, words, places, names and so forth, which an author uses to signify (symbolize) ideas and qualities which are different from their literal meaning. These symbols,...

Right up until the end of "Eveline," it seems that the eponymous character is going to take a leap of faith and head off with her lover, Frank, halfway round the world to start a new life in...

Eveline's fateful decision not to join her lover Frank for a new life in Buenos Aires is all the more astonishing when one considers what her home life is like. The young lady is treated as little...

The author does not specifically state why Eveline decides not to go with Frank. The story begins with Eveline reminiscing about earlier days in her home. She recalls those earlier days with...

James Joyce’s short story Eveline is told from two points of view; the narrator and Eveline, both in third person. We can differentiate between these two points of view by paying attention to what...

Most simply put, the setting of any story is the time and place in which a story unfolds. However, in a larger sense, setting also refers to a story's overall greater environment and establishes...

Dust is associated with decay and lifelessness. Eveline lives a dismal and hopeless life, and it is the idea of spiritual lifelessness and paralysis which drives the narrative of Joyce's story...

The scene of Eveline's epiphany, when she realizes in a flash that she can't leave Dublin with Frank, is substantial because of the ways Joyce communicates and emphasizes the emotional intensity...

The night before the ship's departure for Buenos Ayres, Eveline experiences and recalls several events that help her determine to go with Frank to Buenos Ayres. She hears a sreet organ grinding and...

A new life in Buenos Aires with Frank is an attractive option for Eveline. A fresh start in a faraway country is just what she needs. Her home life is marred by boredom, drudgery, and petty...

In James Joyce's story "Eveline," Eveline's father forbids her from having anything to do with Frank because, as he says, "I know these sailor chaps." There are two ways in which this can be...

The story is told from Eveline's point of view. It is a record of her thoughts, as well as what happens to her as she experiences the events of the story. For instance, we learn, The man out of...

When we read the story, we are immediately aware that Eveline's father is not a good person. He is one of many reasons why Eveline wishes to escape from Ireland to Argentina with her lover Frank....

The whole of Joyce's Dubliners, first published in 1914, examines how the imperial influences of both the Catholic church and the British have shaped the personal destinies of the Irish. In...

Eveline is a "helpless animal" in that she's controlled by family ties and feels that she can't do anything about it. These ties—or rather, chains—exert a hold on her like a dog chain or a tether,...

Eveline is one of "the tragic Irish." Caught in a repressive environment to which she eventually surrenders pitiably, Eveline feels trapped. Looming over Eveline is the yellowing photograph of the...

Ultimately, Eveline stays in Dublin because of the call of duty that she is forced to heed, thanks to the epiphany she experiences in the final section of the story. This call of duty is something...

The relationship between Eveline and Frank is in many respects a strange one. There is a suggestion that there's a difference in class status between the two, with Frank coming from a higher social...

Possessing a face bronzed by the life of a sailor, Frank is a lodger at a house that Eveline passes on the main road. She finds him "kind, open-hearted, and manly"; he is fond of music and often...

In the notes that are attached to each of the stories, the Stores connotes the shop in which she works. And, there was a Quaker family named Pin who owned a general dry goods store in Great...

“Eveline” was the second story of the volume that Joyce wrote, and it was first published on September 10th, 1904, in the issue of the "Irish Homestead" (Fargnoli and Gillespie 52). As far as the...

In James Joyce’s short story, “Eveline,” the character of Eveline’s mother doesn’t appear directly, but only in the memory of her 19-year-old daughter. Eveline is in the midst of deciding whether...

As a work representative of the Irish experience, James Joyce's Dubliners presents certain aspects of the residents of the capital city. One of these aspects is the failure of Dublin business to...

Duty and paralysis are two of the major themes of James Joyce's Dubliners, and the eponymous character in "Eveline" suffers from both when she is incapable of leaving Dublin to Buenos Ayres. The...

James Joyce's short story "Eveline" is a visceral piece of writing. When we read it, it can feel like we’re inside her head. This is impressive, especially when you consider the viewpoint of the...

Generally, modernism is a reaction to the horrors of World War I, and modernist artwork, including literature, generally rejects the norms that were previously used to hold society together....

Joyce uses stream-of-consciousness to convey Eveline's mental paralysis. By entering into her troubled mind, we're able to follow her thought processes as she veers back and forth between deciding...

It's possible to read too much into the title of the story. Joyce is much more concerned with what Eveline as a character represents rather than the significance of her name. That said, it is...

It is clear that in this short story the paralysis that impacts all the characters in Dubliners is the same paralysis that prevents Eveline from escaping the terrible fate that awaits her if she...

The passage cited exemplifies what Joyce termed paralysis. In the frustrating awareness of her powerlessness to do anything about changing her life, Eveline is spiritually and mentally paralyzed....

The reader would like very much to see Eveline decide to run away with Frank, in spite of her misgivings and in spite of the fact that they are not married. She is not only overwhelmed by her sense...

Joyce has an incredible talent for taking classic tropes and turning them on their heads, and the story of "Eveline" is no exception. The story begins with the trope of a young woman in distress...

The use of stream-of-consciousness by Joyce in "Eveline" serves a useful purpose. Getting inside Eveline's mind gives us an insight into her confused, disordered way of thinking. If Joyce had used...

James Joyce's short story "Eveline" is a simple but powerful story with a fairly straightforward structure. Basically, the story can be broken up into two basic sections: a lengthy portion of...

In Joyce's "Eveline," no, Eveline is not going to Argentina to be a prostitute. Why would you think that? Is that what you think of when you think of Argentina? There is nothing whatsoever in...

Eveline is clearly hardworking. She not only works full time at a local store, but she also looks after her father and does household chores. When her mother died, she was responsible for her two...

Eveline is one of the short stories in the Dubliners collection by James Joyce. The opening line, "She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue," prepares the reader for Eveline's...

The two letters that Eveline writes are apparently letters of farewell. One is to Harry, her brother. Eveline had two brothers, and "Ernest had been her favorite", but he died. Eveline...

Based on the portrayal of Eveline, we can infer a number of her character traits. Firstly, Eveline is nostalgic. When she sits looking out of the window, for example, her mind is drawn to her...

In a way, the first paragraph of James Joyce's "Eveline" does predict or foreshadow the end—although it may not be obvious as one is reading the short story (which eventually became a chapter in...

In James Joyce's story, the main character Eveline is deluded from the beginning about herself and her potential escape. For, she has been subjugated by her abusive father for too long. This...

Early in James Joyce's short story "Eveline," the weary protagonist looks around the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years,.... from which we...

I have read all of James Joyce's Dubliners at least twice over many years, but I downloaded "Eveline" and read it again in order to try to answer your question. I think the first time I read the...

"Eveline," one of the stories in James Joyce's Dubliners, follows a young woman named (rather predictably) Eveline. Before discussing the exposition of the story, however, it's important to...

In my own opinion, one cannot effectively craft an essay to fit a thesis statement; rather, the thesis statement is crafted from the basic outline of your essay (whether this outline is formally...

In the exposition of Joyce's story, Eveline is described during her interior monologue as "over nineteen." This age is significant as it is the opportune time for her to leave home and become a...