James Joyce's famous collection, "the Dubliners", is a novel that "shows the emotional paralysis in the disillusion of love, fetters of marriage and obstacles in communication."1, among which 'A Painful Case' is one of ... had after knowing Mrs. Sinico's death was for no one but himself, for he had never let her truly enter his heart. Mr. Duffy, as one of the middle-class Dubliners, was created as a typical figure representing the paralysis of Dubliners' emotional world as well as the depressive spirit that prevailed in that specific period....

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... sublimated the doubt about his emotions with the mystery of religion. The journey to Araby brought him the realization of reality and the growth to an adult. 'Dubliners'(In this story, the author describes the Dubliners as a moralist reprimanding the spiritual paralysis of his homeland, Ireland. He indicated Dublin as the center of the paralysis.) delivers a feeling that is so distressing and ... ...

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