In my opinion her decision was right because even when she had a tough life she always had her father present to be there in difficult times. Family values are more important than anything else, because in my personal value is that parents is the reason of our existence so for that reason we have a sort of invisible debt towards them. We are responsible and it is our duty to take care of our parents. I believe also, if she would have run off with Frank to the unknown world, eventually she would have regretted her act. I noticed the pressure and impatience of Frank towards Eveline. He was maybe too rough on Eveline in order to accelerate her decision; letting her the time to think of her situation and think of what is more important to her, would had been more reasonable.
She finally made the decision to stay with her parents; who at once by taking this decision she would not break the
In this short-story, Evelin's choice of whether or not to run off with Frank is within society limits (religious beliefs, stereotype of woman in 19th centuries) and after sometime guides her to change her decision. In my opinion, her change of mind was wiser than to escape with a person that could result a mistake of ignorance to love. The last dialogue of the story links directly to Joycefs typical setting, "No!No!No!It was impossible. Her hands clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas she sent a cry of anguish. This sort of setting or background is used as an antagonist against Eveline. What I mean is that no matter what the Eveline wants or beliefs are, she will have to follow the flow of the social expectations as woman of a family.
promise she had made with her mother and she would support her family instead of taking off with a total stranger. Obviously we can see that
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