ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To whom has Eveline written letters?
A
her father and Harry
B
Harry and Ernest
C
Frank and Harry
D
her father and Ernest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As Eveline reviews her decision to embark on a new life, she holds in her lap two letters, one to her father and one to her brother Harry.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Eveline” is a short story by the Irish writer James Joyce. It was first published in 1904 by the journal Irish Homestead and later featured in his 1914 collection of short stories Dubliners.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eveline had a very drastic life also had bad and violent relationship with her father, and the fact that her mother died when she was younger. She always felt herself as the forgotten, the one that nobody cared about, because her father preferred her brothers and he always demanded her to bring money to their house.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Joyce wrote ‘’Eveline” to highlight the theme of paralysis. The story ends with Eveline unable to move and leave Dublin despite better prospects abroad.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Eveline’ is one of the fifteen stories of Dublin life that form Dubliners, first published in 1914.

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