Enam's Note

Question: Write down the main them of the short story Evline. Eveline, a famous and integral tale from James Joyce’s short story collection “ Dubliners ” (London, 1914), is the first story in the collection focusing on a female protagonist . The story presents a glimpse of women plight in Irish society during the close of nineteen century . The story also introduces us a unique style for its era, “ the stream of consciousness ”, where action takes places in the protagonist’s mind. Actually, the story deals with the crisis of the choice of a nineteen-year damsel . She is on the horns of a dilemma, whether she should stay with her tyrannical father or should leave Dublin holding the hands of the beloved.         At the very beginning of the short story, we see the girl, Eveline, sitting by the window, looks out onto the street recollecting her childhood, when she played with other children in a field now developed with new homes. Now s...