FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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commonness
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boredom
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backwardness
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories dealing with life in Dublin, linked by the theme of the decay of the city’s life. The book emphasizes two aspects common to all stories: paralysis and flight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Setting of James Joyce’s Short Stories James Joyce’s short stories in Dubliners are set in and around Dublin, Ireland. Dublin was the center of Irish cultural life, so the stories in Dubliners may be meant to represent Irish life more generally rather than only life in London.
Detailed explanation-3: -Writing about his attitude to Ireland, Joyce explained that: My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the centre of paralysis.
Detailed explanation-4: -For Joyce’s three major themes in Dubliners are paralysis, corruption, and death.