Love Predicts Their Future
When comparing and contrasting the protagonists of the two short stories, "Eveline" by James Joyce and "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" by D.H. Lawrence, one sees that the two protagonists of these stories are desperate to find true love and genuine. The protagonist in the self-titled short story, Eveline, is the daughter of a man that has lost both his wife and his son. Eveline was close to her mother and her brother before they passed away. The protagonist of the short story "The Horse Dealer's Daughter", Mabel, is the daughter of a questionably successful Horse Dealer. Mabel's mother has also passed away; although, she has 3 brothers and a sister, she is still an outsider to the family. In many cases, one can assume that the bond between a mother and daughter can play an essential role to the success of a girl becoming an independent woman. In the case of Eveline and Mabel this was a precise assumption. Eveline and Mabel were alike in the noticeable attachment that they had to their mothers. Eveline had pleasant thoughts of the days when her mother was alive and "... they seemed to be happy... Her father was not so bad then [he now had an alcohol problem]; and besides, her mother was [still] al
She ends up an old single woman that buries her ill father. " Although, Mabel was her father's main caretaker after her mother's death, once her remarried, "she had set hard against him. Mabel is the family outcast because she is the only girl that lives in the household. " When it seems that Mabel will be alone, Dr. She will live a lonely rest of her life. Fergusson, a young doctor and family friend, shows his interest in Mabel when he inquires on her future whereabouts, "What are you going to do. The brothers all have their minds made up of where they will go but they assign Mabel to stay with her sister, because "what [else] can she do [go]. Mabel will eventually get over her insecurities and be content and at ease that Dr. Eveline long desired those days because she associated her mother's presence with the unity of the family. Unfortunately, Eveline will not be so lucky. Eveline's devotion to her father is strong because of the promise she made to her mother while she was on her death bed. Mabel and Eveline had much in common but not everything. His name was Frank, a young sailor that was willing to take Eveline away from the lonely and sometimes frightful days that she spent with her father.
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