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    In “The Dead” by James Joyce‚ the character‚ Gabriel is finding out who he is through his relationship with his wife and how he will handle his Aunt Julia’s death. Joyce illustrates these things through imagery‚ motif of time‚ and diction. Imagery is used throughout the excerpt in order for the reader to understand the feeling of death that Gabriel experiences. Gabriel is watching his wife “while she slept” and listening “to her deep-drawn breath”. He is watching his wife sleep as if she was on

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    Two Gallants – James Joyce Renowned Irish modernist‚ James Joyce wrote ‘The Dubliners’ at the turn of the 20th century and the novel was published at the height of Irish Nationalism in 1914. The realist fiction draws on three main characters who each‚ individually exemplify the Irish working middle class while under English control. The story reveals Joyce’s detached and unsympathetic attitude towards his homeland and as he said to his Publisher‚ “I seriously believe that you will retard the course

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    Eveline by James Joyce (1914) 1. How is Eveline presented in the story? Use quotation from the text to explain and justify your response. This story is a portrait of an adolescent girl in Dublin and reflects how she thinks about her domestic life in the past‚ in the present and the possibility of a new married life abroad. In the first paragraph‚ the author introduces us to the character of Eveline as “She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against

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    The use of Epiphany through Isolation In the stories‚ Eveline‚ Araby‚ and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ by James JoyceJoyce concludes these three stories in his trademark literary style of epiphany; this is achieved through the protagonist’s direct isolation from his/her own bleak reality. Joyce interprets an epiphany as a moment of realization: “By epiphany‚ Joyce meant a sudden revelation‚ a moment when an ordinary object is perceived in a way that reveals its deeper significance”

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    Choices/Consequences Essay The story of Eveline written by James Joyce shows is about a young girl who must decide whether to leave with frank into the unknown‚ or stay at home with her alcoholic father and her job. Moreover‚ her choices are all weighted down because of the external forces that she cannot control and her promise to her deceased mother. However‚ in the end Eveline made the choice to stay in the comfort of her home. Eveline was faced with a life changing choice‚ but she made the right

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    James Joyce - A Little Cloud (in: Dubliners) A Little Cloud has not generated significant critical debate‚ despite Warren Beck’s unorthodox interpretation of the denouement in 1969. Chandler’s relationship with his son – not with his wife Annie or journalist/ friend Gallaher – could be the crucial‚ epiphanal element of the story - Joyce portraying a father who is just beginning to ‘learn [...] what the heart is and what it feels’ (A Portrait 252)‚ a man whose conscience is awakened‚ despite his

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    In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce‚ adoration appears not only in religion but also in a young boy’s romantic fantasy toward an older girl. The setting of the story being Ireland brings the assumption forth that the narrator practices Catholicism. This idea furthers itself when “the space of the sky above us was the color ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns.” The personification of the feeble lamps lifting their lanterns towards the sky

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    The word "giraffe" comes from the Arabic word‚ "zirafah‚" meaning "the tallest of all." The giraffe is the tallest land animal in the world‚ standing up to nine feet tall and weighing up to 2‚800 pounds! This huge mammal is best known for its long neck‚ spotted pattern‚ and long legs. The giraffe’s scientific classification begins with the kingdom of animalia. From there is the phylum of chordate‚ and after that is the class of mammalian. Next‚ is the order of artiodactyla‚ then the family of giraffidea

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    to write my essay about the giraffe? I chose to write my essay about the giraffe because this mammal has been my favorite animal since the third grade. My science teacher had us do a project about an animal. I did mine on the giraffe and working on that project I became more fascinated by the giraffe as I was working on the project. It made me just wanted to know more. This is why I chose to write my essay about the giraffe. I already knew a little bit of information about the giraffe. I knew that

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    A Comparative Analysis Between “Araby” and “The Bread of Salt” Age brings maturity‚ experience ripens it. ― Vimal Athithan Reality isn ’t the way you wish things to be‚ nor the way they appear to be‚ but the way they actually are. ― Robert J. Ringer These two quotes capture what James Joyce’s Araby and N.V.M. Gonzalez’s The Bread of Salt are all about – maturity and realization. Araby and The Bread of Salt are both coming of age stories‚ featuring an adolescent boy’s first experience with love

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