shattered dreams of happiness
In "Eveline," James Joyce utilizes many literary devices to convey the difficult choice that has been presented to Eveline. The story is about a girl named Eveline, who feels it is time for her to start living her dreams. Her first chance comes to her in the form of a man named Frank, whom she may love. On the other hand she feels devoted to her father because of the promise she made to her mother on her death bed. Joyce uses literary devices to express how Eveline's decision will affect her for the rest of her life. She must decide to stay with all that is familiar to her or to go away with Frank to an unknown world, that has never before been available to her. Joyce expresses the choice for the known world rather than the unknown in "Eveline" by using symbolism, characterization, and setting. Joyce introduces the reader to "dust" in "Eveline" to symbolize Eveline's familiarity and suffocation with her home. In the beginning and towards the end of the story Eveline smells the "odour of dusty cretonne" (4). This suggests that the dusty odour is known to her because she has lived in her father's house for so long. Furthermore, she has grown
She was not happy with her father, she was not truly happy with Frank. The story starts with Eveline, who "sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue" (4). The readers come to the fact that she has lived in her father's house all her life when she talks about all the changes that have happened over the years. Then there is Frank, who "had been an excitement for her to have a fellow then she began to like him" (5). Joyce clearly utilizes symbolism, characterization, and setting to convey Eveline's decision for the known world rather than the unknown. Readers see this at the end of the story: " her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition" (6). The majority of the story she sits at the window in her familiar home looking out at the unfamiliar world. Thus the readers are able to analyze Eveline through her actions, as well as her father and Frank through what she says about them. Dust seizes objects after they sit for a long period of time and begin to pile up. She "never dreamed of being divided" from her life's "familiar objects" (4). For instance, the readers determine from Eveline that her father is violent because "she felt herself in danger of her father's violence" (4). Eveline does not love Frank, but only likes him and the excitement of having a fellow. Joyce mentions "dust," in the second paragraph, "Home! She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects,! which she had dusted once a week for so many years" (4). She must decide to stay with all that is familiar to her or to go away with Frank to an unknown world, that has never before been available to her. Eveline loves her father despite all his flaws.
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