FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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she decides to stay in Ireland
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she decides to quit her job
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she decides to leave her mother
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she leaves for France
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Detailed explanation-1: -After reflecting on her mother’s sad life of self-sacrifice and her final end, Eveline pictures herself ending up the same way and seems to suddenly make her decision: She will leave Ireland with Frank.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eveline, confronted with the ambiguities of sexual and romantic love, chooses to stay at home and take her place as her father’s caretaker. Eveline makes the decision she has been raised to make. She is faithful to the promise she made to her mother and assumes her role as the matriarch of the family.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why does Eveline decide to stay in Dublin in “Eveline”? Although Eveline is unhappy caring for her abusive father in Dublin, she stays because it is secure and familiar, and she remembers a promise she made to her dying mother to keep the household together for as long as possible.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the end, she is stuck between her happiness and her responsibilities and she gives up by making a sacrifice. This is one of the biggest sacrifices a person can make, she gives up her own happiness. I think it’s partly because of the conscience and partly because, as I said before, the Irish people are rule-based.
Detailed explanation-5: -Eveline faces a difficult dilemma: remain at home like a dutiful daughter, or leave Dublin with her lover, Frank, who is a sailor. He wants her to marry him and live with him in Buenos Aires, and she has already agreed to leave with him in secret.