FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it is represented in a way that implies collective activity is needed
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it reveals the sense of imprisonment that comes from routine
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it reveals characters’ literal inability to move away from Ireland
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Paralysis. In most of the stories in Dubliners, a character has a desire, faces obstacles to it, then ultimately relents and suddenly stops all action. These moments of paralysis show the characters’ inability to change their lives and reverse the routines that hamper their wishes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The paralysis Joyce wants to represent results from external and moral forces linked to religion, politic and culture. Dubliners are weak, scared people with a lack of self-knowledge. The opposite theme is ‘escape’, it is originated by a sense of enclosure but characters have no the courage to overcame.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a state of powerlessness or incapacity to act.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dubliners consists of fifteen short stories. These stories have common themes such as death, routine lifecycle, moral and material paralysis of some characters. Although the stories are about different events and characters, the commonality of aforementioned themes causes coherence in Dubliners in the sense of style.