Examples Of Epiphany

Epiphany Similarities From the book Dubliners by James Joyce, I have found three great stories that demonstrate the main characters experiencing a distinct epiphany towards the end of each story. Although each character is different, as well as each story, their epiphanies reveal a similarity between the three. They all have something in common, some kind of timidness or weakness. The three stories I will be analyzing are “An Encounter,” “Eveline,” and “Araby.” The main character in “An Encounter” seems to recognize that he is slightly more timid than the other boys his age. At the end of this story, the main character becomes upset with himself for being so timid and shy, unable to speak up for himself. Consider the beginning of
Then the old man walked away from the boys for a short period of time. Mahony notices that the old man was doing something strange. The boy never looked up to see what the old man was doing. I don’t think that he needed to look up to see what the old man was doing because he already knew. At this point, the main character says to Mahony that if the old man asked their names, to give him fake ones. Here, it shows how fearful the main character is of the old man. When the old man comes back to sit by the two boys, Mahony runs off after a cat, leaving his friend alone with the old man. He tells the boy that he thinks his friend is a rough boy, and asks if he often gets whipped at school. He began to talk of chastising boys and about boys getting whipped for having a “sweetheart” and for misbehaving. He said how he would love to whip a boy, that it would be better than anything in this world, and his voice grew affectionate. Here, the main character waits until the old man pauses, then quickly stands up, says he has an obligation, and says goodbye. As he walks away, he is terrified that the old man might grab a hold of his ankles. He calls out to Mahony for him to leave along with him. The main character then feels ashamed that his deceptive plan to