... about himself or herself, but the way he or she learns to see the world around him/her. As shown in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, "The New Dress- by Virginia Woolf, and even my own life, characters' identities are constantly subject to the push and pull of external social influences and the individual's own decisions to ... portion of Portrait, allusions are made to the significance of Stephen's last name, Dedalus. Dedalus was a great inventor and artist from Greek mythology who built a labyrinth so complex that no one could ever find his way out. When Dedalus an...

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• Grade Level: High School