ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Please identify the story: “her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition.”
A
“The Boarding House”
B
“Clay”
C
“Eveline”
D
“A Little Cloud”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Eveline’ focuses on a young Irish woman of nineteen years of age, who plans to leave her abusive father and poverty-stricken existence in Ireland, and seek out a new, better life for herself and her lover Frank in Buenos Aires.

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.

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