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Essay Archive - Eveline: Character Analysis
Eveline: Character Analysis
"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is
habitual but indecision (James)." Originally appearing in Dubliners, a
compilation of vignettes by James Joyce, his short story Eveline is the tale of
such an unfortunate individual. Anxious, timid, scared, perhaps even terrified
-- all these describe Eveline. She is a frightened, indecisive young woman
poised between her past and her future.
Eveline loves her father but is fearful of him. She tries to hold onto
good memories of her fath....
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