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Essay Archive - An Analysis of James Joyce's Eveline
An Analysis of James Joyce's Eveline
In the short story, “Eveline,” James Joyce introduces us to the
life of a young woman named Eveline. She has the opportunity to escape with
Frank, the man she thinks she loves, to a faraway country in search of a
new life. Instead, she decides to stay in the dreary and gloomy life she
already knows. To understand Eveline's final decision to stay we have to
analyze the reasons that prevent Eveline from pursuing a better life. Her
fear of the unknown; the fact that she does not know Frank well enough; and
the many attachments she has to her home, prompt Eveline to make her
decisi....
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