![]() Eveline is the caretaker of her father and two children, and she feels guilty leaving for the sake of her own happiness, knowing that they are relying on her. ![]() ![]() As she is trying to decide whether or not to leave, she reasons through her rights, saying “Why should she be unhappy? She had a right to happiness.” This need to justify her own desire to be happy is also a result of social oppression. As a woman, she does not have a lot of mobility when it comes to her status. Eveline sees marrying Frank as a way to gain respect, so she is aware that she is somewhat helpless without a husband. This sense of powerlessness is partially why Eveline is unable to make a decision and she feels she needs a male figure, either God or Frank, to “save” her from her present situation. Society has told her she is powerless, and so she feels powerless. Whether or not she is aware of it, her decisions are greatly affected by outside social forces.Įveline’s indecisiveness and resulting inaction is largely a result of women’s roles in society at the time. Eveline is the first female protagonist that Joyce introduces in Dubliners, and many of her thoughts and desires are influenced by her role as a woman in 20th Century Dublin. ![]()
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