The Protagonist's Conflict in James Joyce's "Eveline"
Author: Eveline Podgorski
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2008-02-12
Total Pages: 15
ISBN-13: 3638001334
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: In “Dubliners,” a collection of short stories published on June 15th 1914, James Joyce presents fifteen stories of different people belonging to the Catholic Middle-Class of 19th century Dublin. One of the characters is Eveline Hill, a young girl who is planning on leaving her home country Ireland. The paper gives a summary of the short story “Eveline” and goes on to analyze the conflict the main character Eveline Hill finds herself in. The circumstances that lead to her final decision not to leave her home are be discussed in greater detail.