FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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at home
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in church
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at the quay
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on the ship
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Eveline’s inability to make a decision, a sort of mental paralysis, results in actual physical paralysis at the end of the story as she stands outside watching Frank board the ship but cannot bring herself to join him. Through her inability to make a decision, she inadvertently decides to stay behind in Dublin.
Detailed explanation-3: -She commits to her home and family instead of living with Frank. Margaret is a reflection of Eveline, but Margaret was free at the end and Eveline was not. Explain the ending. Eveline chooses to stay with her family instead of running away with Frank.
Detailed explanation-4: -Like the rest of the stories in Dubliners, “Eveline” takes place in early 20th-century Dublin, James Joyce’s place of origin. Published in 1914, it captures Dublin during the rise of Irish Nationalism, a time characterized by great change, transformation, and a search for identity.