... uphold her promise to her deceased mother of keeping the home together for as long as she can. Hindered by her father's selfish and self-centered ways, Eveline is torn between the anguish of leaving home, her strong duties to her family, and the promise-filled "new life" she is bound to have. She stands ... and paralyzed when forced to make a decision which is ultimately the decision of choosing the life that is best for her. For most of her life, Eveline has been the backbone of her home. She dusts day after day, keeping the house together to the best of her ability. Like dust, she is ...

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... now, considering her mom's passing leaving nothing but words of wisdom, an abusive husband, and a tough decision. Eveline really at this point can't decide wiether or not to leave or stay at home. Even though Eveline really never got out the house due to her little siblings and chores, she still happened to meet a man ... insecure of his ways. Secondly, she really didn't know if frank felt the same way she felt about him. Maybe to Frank his getting with Eveline was something simple, but to Eveline it was something of a new beginning. I also think she stayed because of her father, even th...

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... sometimes for the best. Sacrificial decisions are tough but we should make them for the ones we love. In James Joyce's "Eveline", Eveline is faced with a tough decision. Eveline's mother and older brother passed away when she was just a child. She made a promise to her mom that she would never ... father who is an abusive drunk and two siblings younger that she is basically the mother of now. Eveline although met a man named Frank and has plans of leaving Dublin with him. Eveline sees this as an opportunity to get out of her domestic problems doing all the motherly duties, and ... worki...

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... right to leave her father? Is she betraying the promise that she made to her mother on her deathbed? Does she or will she ever love Frank? Eveline knows that the life that she has with her father will never make her happy. She has taken on all the responsibilities of running a household and her ... father expects him done the way he wants. He has become more violent as the years have gone on and could possibly hurt Eveline one day. As she thought about her miserable situation at home and how she couldn't wait to leave it, something clicked in her mind; she would ... and not how her moth...

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... a ghost story when she was sick and that when she was younger how that he had put on her mothers bonnet to make them laugh (Joyce 526). When Eveline meets Frank, she realizes that with him she could escape her world and that she could begin a new life of adventure and excitement. When her father finds out ... She was scared that the love she might have for Frank would smut out the love she had for her father in the end. The third point is home Eveline's home is one of the most important things in her life. She likes the things that are familiar to her. She realizes the things that are im...

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... what drove here to stay with her family in the end. Another word would be hardworking, which seem to have been her nature throughout the book. Eveline's devotion to her family really impressed me. She was so true to making sure everything at home was right, even though most of the time she ... money to go to the market and buy Sunday dinner, even if it was intentionally done she would go and do it and fast as she could. Eveline would return to home late still having important duties to finish up, but again that was her nature, also making that promise to her mother she couldn ... 't br...

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... . Her new life consists of caring for her siblings and the household. The problem is that her father is abusive and doesn"t want her to leave. If Eveline had been born a male instead of female, she might have escaped her unhappy home life, as her brother did. In the time period of the story it ... something has happened to the parents. In Evelines case when her mom passed away she took it upon herself to take all of the motherly responsibility. Although Eveline had chances to leave, that vow to her mother just kept her in the abusive situation. She would like to run away from her abusive...

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... had some happy memories from her childhood, she still felt as if she was trapped and wanted to "Escape." As an unmarried woman in Dublin, Eveline was looked down upon on and disrespected. The thought of leaving with Frank would give her life of happiness that she deserves. However, she contemplated ... of. Any time a visitor would come to their home, her father would pass the photo wording a "Casual" comment that "He is in Melbourne." Eveline was afraid to leave her father behind, because she was already looked down upon and disrespected in the community; she didn't want her father to be ...

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... of fifteen short stories in Dubliners", deals with the problems of a young girl who isn't able to leave home because of feelings of responsibility and obligation. Eveline Hill is a 19-year old girl, who works in a department store in Dublin, where she is criticised and ordered around. Since the death of ... if she acts the right way. Playing a special melody, a street piano player reminds Eveline of the promise she gave her dying mother, which says that Eveline would care for the family as long as she could. But Eveline also thinks about her mother's sorrowful and self-sacrificing way o...

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... the girl's home life was oppressive and restraining. This is especially stressful for a young girl who desires freedom, love, and security. Eveline is walking the same path of misery and passiveness her mother did because of her manipulative father. The psychological abuse induced by her father is ... junk." Her mother constantly makes condescending remarks comparing her and her sister as desperate attempts to make Connie feel like less than she is. Eveline was drawn to Frank because he seemed to have sincere feelings for her. Frank provided her with security and a self-esteemed which sh...

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... read of a young women that is fighting with her inner feelings on whether to leave everything she has ever had or to elope with the possible man of her dreams. Eveline has taken over the motherly role in her family after the mother lost her life due to a terrible illness. She feels compelled to leave her family that she had helped ... willing to leave. Elevene's relationship with her father since the passing of her mother had a large effect on her longing to leave and create a new life. Since her mother's passing, Eveline had taken over her mother's role that included more then just the...

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... 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 ... because she isnt sure whether she is truly in love with Frank; there again we can feel insecurity from her. Here are two scenes presented to Eveline: would it be more reasonable to decide to stay with her family or to leave with frank? If she had chosen to leave with Frank, that ...

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a) Eveline has been given a chance to escape. But in the end, the girl finds herself incapable of going. Certainly, she has every reason to leave. The ... keeps her wages. Rather than appreciate her work, he ridicules her. Mostly the circumstances of her family make Eveline want to escape. b) Eveline's father is a shadowy but menacing bully who has ruined her mother's life and is set to ruin hers. Eveline's father is the repressive authority in her life. She is helpless to break away from him. c) The ... bad. She is trapped in an ugly situation, responsible for her siblings and the aging fat...

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... of the unknown, the fact that does not know Frank well enough, and the many attachments she has to her deceased mother prompt Eveline to make her decision. The first reason for Eveline to stay is that she does not have the courage to leave. She tries to convince herself that her life is not "wholly ... ). However, Joyce reveals how hard and undesirable her life actually is when he tells us that she "felt herself in danger of her father's violence- ( ). Eveline's fear of her father is worsened on Saturday nights when he drinks alcohol. She gets "palpitations- because she is so afraid of h...

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