One of the most powerful nuances of any writing is the dialogue within
             the story. In literature, it is all too often that characters live only in
             the jaded voice of the author and never truly develop as their own, or are
             not strongly opinionated in a manner which contrasts the opinions of the
             writer. It is also unfortunately true that the women depicted in most
             male-authored literature do not often sound realistic, or how most women
             one would speak to in the course of the day tend to sound. All too often,
             women are depicted on a lower level of speech than men. For instance,
             Dickens and Arthur Miller both apparently subscribed to this notion, as the
             women in their stories were usually more passive, and not as elaborate as
             men in their speech, however, James Joyce did not see things in the same
             light. The most developed female character in Joyces A Portrait of the
             Artist as a Young Man, is one who speaks with dignity, passion, and the
             female tact which is all too often ignored in the ch aracters of women.
             Joyce's Dante Riordan's words and thoughts are true to those of literate
             Although a short-lived character in Portrait, Dante Riordan, in a brief
             amount of time emits an apparently important and mysterious aura, the aura
             of a woman. Judging from the studies of twentieth century linguists,
             Joyce's brief representation of Dante through speech is nearly flawless. To
             more lucidly understand this, one must carefully examine some of the
             instances at which Dante speaks in her conversation with Mr. and Mrs.
             Dedalus, Charles, and Mr. Casey, and re-examine the arguments she makes.
             Dante is introduced into the dinner table conversation as a silent
             character. However, when the men's conversation turns to the misuse of the
             preacher's pulpit, Dante begins her interjections.
             All too often, women in literature remain linguistically dormant unless
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