Read James Joyce's "Eveline" on page 532- 534 in your Bedford literature textbook and answer the following questions:
1. What sort of relationship does Eveline have with her father? Describe the range of her feelings toward him.
2. How is Frank characterized? Why does Eveline's father forbid them to see each other?
1. Eveline's relationship with her father is not strong and it is not your typical father and daughter relationship. Eveline has had to live with her father being violent towards her and threatening her as well. The range of Eveline's feelings for her father on a scale 1-10 with 10 being very strong I would give the feeling a 5. I say a 5 because Eveline's father always kind of looked over her because she was a girl and instead of protecting her he insulted her. She looked to her father for a lot of things but he didn't even respect her, he counted on her to do everything by herself. Although Eveline's father didn't treat her the best at the end of the day she knew that was her father and that is why she couldn't leave.
ReplyDelete2. According to the text Frank is characterized as being "very kind, manly, and open hearted." Eveline's father forbids them to see each other because Eveline is his daughter and he expects her to take care of home and he knows that if she falls in love, the chances are she will flee away with this man. Eveline's father doesn't want to have to lose his daughter after losing his wife.