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James Joyce, 2002.
A biograohy of the author James Joyce.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper is on the author "James Joyce". It compares the life and work of James Joyce. It includes brief introduction about his life, and work. It also includes how his life overseas formed the foundation for all of his work
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James Joyce, 2004.
A review of two of James Joyce's short stories, "An Encounter" and "Araby".
974 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses the structured encounters with the discursive nature of experience in James Joyce's short stories, "Araby" and "An Encounter". The paper examines the similarities and the differences in these two stories, both in the storyline and in the experiences of the protagonist. The paper explains that, despite the wildness these short stories chronicle, both are highly structured. Even though both stories are intensely sensual and put the protagonist through a dizzying array of experiences, both stories begin with order, proceed into different forms of disorder in play and fair-like environments, and finally culminate into a final, resolving order that leaves the adolescent protagonists wiser than they were before.
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"These life-changing events take the form of seeing individuals, either new types of people, or everyday people in 'new lights' In "An Encounter," the protagonist experiences an encounter with an individual the protagonist would not otherwise know within the daily circle and modalities of that person's life. "Araby" is a fair--and a fair is a carnival of different sights, experiences, smells, and various encounters, the last of which is a pure woman seen in disreputable circumstances. While at "Araby," the young boy sees a woman he has idealized, and is shocked to see her in a more common and base fashion than he envisioned. Thus, "Araby" indicates how moments essentially out of time and routine can be life-transforming, through seasonal, temporal events like a fair. Fairs are discursive spaces, in that one can wander through them. Likewise, the aimless playing in the street of "encountering" someone becomes an education in character, rather than a purposeless, aimless wandering through stimulating yet disconnected experiences and meetings."
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An Analysis of James Joyce's "Araby", 2002.
This paper looks at the short story "Araby" by James Joyce, analyzing the components that make it a great work.
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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According to the writer, "Araby," by James Joyce, is a story which contains two major contributing components to its overall success, the intrinsic factors found within the work of literature, and external factors found within the reader. The paper traces this theory through the paper, bringing samples to illustrate what is meant by intrinsic factors.
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"One other intrinsic quality of a story is whether or not it is able to give readers insights about society or about themselves. "Araby" is an excellent example of a story capable of doing so. Through the basic plot and story line of "Araby," many readers may begin to see their own behavior in the action and narration of the young man, thus causing them to have new insights about themselves. Perhaps a reader identifies with the emotions of the narrator at the beginning of the story, and ultimately understands such feelings by the closing sentence. Insight may not be merely personal, but relating to society as well. Through reading the story by James Joyce, we come to realize that individuals validate their happiness and base their actions upon others, particularly those deeply desired. We also come to realize that much of the misery that society as a whole feels is, in some way, related to love. Reading "Araby" by James Joyce allows us to experience some of these insights."
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Little Chandler in James Joyce's "A Little Cloud", 2000.
Character analysis of Little Chandler in James Joyce's "A Little Cloud".
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses the character Little Chandler in James Joyce's "A Little Cloud", analyzing the way he lives a life of delusion and is unable to take responsibility for the choices he has made.
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"Little Chandler refuses to acknowledge the circumstances of his present life. He rarely reflects on his own predicament, while devoting much thought to the life of Gallaher. When he contemplates "what changes [the] last eight years have brought", one expects him to mention the differences in his own life; however, he proceeds to describe the changes in Chandler's life over the years (846). He reveals virtually nothing about his job, making only passing references to his work. Chandler speaks of "[turning] often from his tiresome writing to gaze out of the office window" (846). He then describes in detail the view from his office window, never explicitly stating what he does for a living."
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James Joyce's "The Dead", 2005.
A review of James Joyce's "The Dead", about the effect of women on the protagonist Gabriel.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper examines how, in James Joyce's short masterpiece "The Dead", many small incidents at the party on Usher's Island produce a build-up of insecurity in Gabriel, which later manifests itself as an amorous passion for his wife, Gretta. The author points out that, ultimately the women at the party are oblivious to his rising and falling emotions, and his wife's self-centered mourning of a lost lover from many years before sends Gabriel into an irreconcilable funk, which weighs upon him like the grimness of death. The paper concludes that the story ends when Gabriel's soul "swoons", giving up its hope of self-importance and self-respect, and surrendering to gravity like the snow, "falling...upon all the living and the dead."
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"What Gabriel interprets as Miss Ivors' "heckling him and staring at him with her rabbit eyes" serves to counterpoint his later feelings for his wife, Gretta, who had "colour on her cheeks" and whose "eyes were shining." Yet even Gretta makes him uncomfortable in front of his aunts when she calls him "an awful bother" because he makes her wear galoshes. The aunts laugh "heartily...for Gabriel's solicitude was a standing joke with them." Embarrassed, he laughs nervously, then pats his tie "reassuringly," then wrinkles his brow and snaps back at Gretta with a tone "slightly angered." Later, after learning of the possibility for a summer vacation in Galway with Miss Ivors, Gretta jumps excitedly and begs Gabriel to take the offer."
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The Character of Maria in "Clay" by James Joyce, 2001.
This paper analyzes Maria, the main character in "Clay" by James Joyce, and discusses her ignorance of the world around her.
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This paper takes a look at Maria, a character in the story "Clay" by James Joyce, who never actually wakes up to face the reality or realizes that her whole life has been based on false assumptions and lies.
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"In the Dubliners, James Joyce's short story "Clay" stands out as a piece that has as its main character an ignorant woman who is essentially blind to the world around her. While many of Joyce's characters are struck with life-changing epiphanies, Maria does not recognize the signs - that are predictors of her future - even when they are painfully obvious to the reader. Working at the Dublin by Lamplight laundry, Maria thinks of her position as being of the utmost importance when in reality she is nothing more than a common dishwasher. Although Maria's budget is very limited, she nevertheless thinks that she is an independent woman and can afford the same things as women her age who are actually married. Maria believes that other individuals respect her and admire her, even though those same individuals either mock her unassuming nature or fail to notice her all together. Maria considers Joe's family to be the closest thing she has to having her own family. Meanwhile, Joe, his wife and his children simply put up with Maria once a year as if she was an unpleasant burden. Throughout the story, Joyce presents comparison after comparison of how Maria views herself versus how others view her. While Maria sees her life and the world around her through rose-colored glasses, the reality is rarely accommodating of her expectations."
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James Joyce's "Dubliners", 2004.
Discusses the theme of escape in James Joyce's collection of short stories called "Dubliners".
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This paper uses analysis of characters and plots to illustrate the theme of escape in James Joyce's collection of short stories. The paper explains that the escape theme can be seen on two levels and cites examples that demonstrate these levels.
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"The character that James Joyce portrays in his collection of short stories, Dubliners, is attempting to escape unsatisfying conditions that he find himself in during childhood. In three of the stories, "Sisters," "The Encounter" and "Araby," the main character hopes to escape the pressures of society and in the case of the three stories he does escape. Yet while he escapes on the surface, the character does not break away from the internal feelings he has. Joyce leaves his character with the hope of escaping his oppressive environment, but without hope of escaping feelings that accompany death, monotony and the emotions that occur from awakening to the physical and mental attraction to girls."
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James Joyce's "Ulysses", 2006.
This paper discusses the themes of history and identity in the quoted dialogue between the characters Mr. Deasy and Stephen Dedalus from James Joyce's "Ulysses".
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that the dialogue quoted in the paper from James Joyce's "Ulysses", between Mr. Deasy and Stephen Dedalus, illustrates the manner in which two distinct characters of the novel conceptualize the impact of history upon identity. The author points out that, as the dialogue of these two characters shifts between two extremes, Stephen serves to contrast the views personified in Deasy. The paper suggests that, whereas Deasy constructs an inaccurate world history infused with religious certainty upon which to construct his identity, Stephen discovers only abstractions, which fail to define him. The paper states that the reference to Parnell concludes Deasy's comments on the dangers of women, which projects this theme of the novel that is expressed in the central conflict of another character in the novel, Bloom.
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"Living without Deasy's reconstructed history, Stephen is unable to find any certainty by which to define himself. "[I]n this episode Stephen moves from a questioning of the veracity and solidity of world history to similar questions about his own personal history, oscillating between a realization that the past is real and inescapable ("And yet it was in some way") and a desire to escape the past his memory has fabled." Stephen's constant questioning of the nature of history sets him up in opposition to Deasy's convenient rationalizations, yet leaves him equally unable to actualize himself."
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James Joyce's "The Dead", 2002.
This paper explores the meaning of the title, "The Dead", a short story by James Joyce.
1,685 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses the short story by James Joyce, "The Dead", which deals with the theme of what it means to live. The paper author feels that this title is critical to the work and enhances several aspects of the story:The emotionally unavailable characters of the story, who are physically living but emotionally dead and the main event of the story, Gabriel's epiphany. The paper describes that each of the people at the party appear lively, yet this is only an outward projection because, inside, these people are dead, emotionally dead and unable to change.
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"The title "The Dead" also relates to Gabriel. It is noted that the characters act based on ritual and remain emotionally dead. This is true of Gabriel at the beginning of the work, but by the end, Gabriel has changed. Throughout the Christmas party he sees it for what it is and a part of him longs to get away from it. At one point he looks outside and longs to "walk out alone, first along by the river and then through the park!" . This is a sign of Gabriel wanting to escape from the dead. It is relevant that he longs to be outside in nature."
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James Joyce's View on Sin, 1999.
A study of the battle with sin in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce.
2,090 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper examines the main character Stephen Dedalus, in James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", struggle with sin and society. The paper describes the main character's childhood and religious upbringing, and later his emergence into independent adulthood. The author writes that after a battle with sin followed by a religious rebirth that he can find a level of peace within himself.
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"Stephen Dedalus, in the book "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce is forced throughout his life to deal with the issue of sin. Early in his childhood he is taught the basics of right and wrong by his parents. This matter becomes complicated and fearsome under the influence of the Catholic Church, and Stephen, despite his desire to be pious, begins to question it."
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"Dubliners" and the Life of James Joyce, 2006.
This paper compares James Joyce's life to that of his work "Dubliners". The article studies the book and the man.
1,660 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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There are two kinds of stories in "Dubliners" - those that are intimate and really involve the readers with the characters and those that are detached and show the reader as being more of just a casual observer. Both of the story types are fascinating, but not everyone will like the stories because of the different feelings that they often invoke in the readers. However, the main purpose of this paper is not to discuss the book specifically, but instead to discuss how it relates to the actual life that James Joyce lived.
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"Even though the idea of hope is very important to the stories in "Dubliners", this does not mean that the book is full of happy endings. On the contrary, there are very few happy endings in the book. Instead, there are only the stories that Joyce tells, what happens to the people in them, the choices that they make, and what kinds of consequences that these individuals experience based on the choices that they make. Many of the people in the stories do not think of the future or even really realize that it is ahead of them."
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James Joyce's "A Painful Case", 2005.
This paper discusses the condition of isolation, meaning a certain person will try to protect himself by separating his thoughts and wishes from the emotional level, in James Joyce's "A Painful Case".
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that, in James Joyce's "A Painful Case", the reason why the protagonist Mr. Duffy breaks off his relationship with Mrs. Sinico is that his greatest problem is not an absence of emotions but rather an isolation from society and from his own self. The author points out that Mr. Duffy is a very confused man due to his lack of experience with emotions, especially with love; therefore, he imposes emotional isolation on himself in order to protect himself from his own confusions, especially the ones concerning his sexual identity. The paper stresses that Mr. Duffy definitely does not face his own difficulties and crucial decisions; his only attempt to open up has made him crawl back and shut himself in; thereby, the life he chooses is a life of emotional isolation.
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"James Joyce's "A Painful Case" is a story about the life of Mr. Duffy, an isolated person, who has no friends or family and lives his life in a constant routine. One night at a concert, he meets another member of the audience, Mrs. Sinico. A relationship is developed between the two characters. Mr. Duffy seems to be interested in this relationship and in Mrs. Sinico, after all "This union [between them] exalted him, wore away the rough edges of his character, emotionalized his mental life." (122). However, at some point in the story he decides to break it off. The reader feels that this relationship with Mrs. Sinico is Mr. Duffy's only chance of experiencing genuine emotions of love and happiness and his only opportunity of a close relationship with another person, other than himself. Thus, his decision to break off this relationship frustrates the reader's expectations and provokes puzzlement."
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James Joyce: Modernist Writer, 2005.
Essay focusing on the work, "Dubliners", and how James Joyce portrays himself as a modernist writer.
1,058 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The essay highlights the ways in which James Joyce should be considered a modernist writer. The paper includes comments from many critics, including William York Tindel, and quotations from Shakespeare. Many modernist writing techniques are revealed that conventional writers would not have used. The use of symbolism is shown as well as examples that show Joyce using realism to portray himself as a modernist writer. The two central short stories used to convey Joyce as a modernist are 'Araby' and 'Two Gallants'. There are also examples taken from 'The Sisters'. The essay also demonstrates how Joyce uses religion to show Dublin in a state of paralysis, which is one of the central themes seen throughout the collection.
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"James Joyce's "Dubliners", a collection of short stories published in 1907, revolves around the everyday mundane lives of Dublin and its citizens. According to Joyce himself, his intention was to "write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because the city seemed to be the centre of paralysis". James Joyce is a modernist writer as he also does not conform to the traditional style of writing genre which conventional writers such as Jane Austen would have used at the time. Joyce believed that they modernists should 'As t'were hold the mirror up to nature' (hamlet, William Shakespeare). Joyce believed that a revelation of truth would free Dublin's citizens from the paralysis of Dublin and their daily life's. Joyce felt that due to the secularisation and the industrialisation of Dublin at the time the citizens were left in a state of paralysis with no escape. 'The stories portray Joyce's feeling that Dublin is the epitome of paralysis and all of the citizens are victims'. (Levin 159)."
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James Joyce, 2002.
A discussion of James Joyce and his works in relation to "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes.
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper examines the notion that, while a literary work will continue to thrive for a long time, the figure of the author will vanish. To this extent, the paper analyzes a quote by Italo Calvino that expresses this idea. The paper relates "The Death of the Author" by Roland Barthes to a discussion on James Joyce's "Ulysses," explaining how Joyce questions the authority of the author in "Ulysses," his cyclical vision of literature, his use of inter-textuality and varying styles, and his aim to damage the 'tyranny of the author'.
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"Ulysses is renowned for its extensive use of intertextuality, through which Joyce could be said to undermine his own position as author. Ulysses propounds a cyclical, modernist view of history and of literature. The story of Homer's The Odyssey is self-consciously recuperated, its characters brought to life in twentieth century Dublin. The myth is revived, and the banal is elevated by a mythic dimension. Simultaneously, the past and the present are brought into ironic contrast, to comic effect. The past is renewed in Ulysses, but Joyce seems to doubt that anything completely 'new' can ever exist; history is a cycle, people are 'types' not individuals, and literature is a process not of creation, but of recycling. In this way, Joyce seems to doubt the author's ability to 'create', to ever be original, and it is this ability to create which is viewed as the main function of the author, and is the reason for much of society's admiration for them."
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Love in James Joyce's "Dubliners", 2002.
An examination of the role of love and the portrayal of Dublin, Ireland during the Irish Revival in James Joyce's "Dubliners".
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This paper discusses love in James Joyce's "Dubliners", through the analysis of selected stories: "Araby", "Eveline", "A Painful Case" and "The Dead". It looks at how his love stories reflect his attitude towards Dublin (harsh, not softened or sweetened) and for that reason they rarely have "happily ever after" type endings. The paper moves chronologically through the book and shows how the book also proceeds chronologically in terms of the age of characters (Joyce's idea) who steadily grow older story by story, to represent the different facets of a Dubliner's life.
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""Araby" is one of Joyce's stories of childhood, of childhood love. Even the setting is so hopelessly idealistic: "The space of sky above us was the color of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed" (24). This boy, who has fallen in love with his friend Mangan's sister, is completely desperate for her: He follows her in the shadows as though she were a "summons to [his] foolish blood," his "heart leaped" at the very sight of her on the doorstep, his "body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires" (25). When they finally talk to one another, she tells him she would like to go to the bazaar, but can't."
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