- Eveline is in the middle of an emotional crisis. What is her dilemma?

Eveline is in the middle of an emotional crisis: she has to decide if staying in Dublin with her family or leaving Dublin with her boyfriend Frank.

- What are the reasons for staying and her reasons for leaving?

She wants to stay because she promised her mother to take care of her family but at the same time she wants to leave Dublin because she is thankful for everything Frank did for him and she wants changes her life.

- What does the text say or imply about Eveline's life?

The text shows her life as monotonous: she only works in a dressmaker's and she takes cure of her family.

- "Miss Gavan would be glad. She had always had an edge on her". How can you rephrase this sentence to make the expression "had an edge on her" clearer?

Miss Gavan would be glad. She often reprimands her.

- What kind of people are Frank, Eveline and Eveline's father?

Eveline: introverted, subjected by her father, afraid, influenced by society
Frank: self-confident, precise, generous
Eveline's father: violent and authoritative

Interpretation:

- Focus on the last paragraphs. What is the meaning of the phrase "a maze of distress"?

The phrase "a maze a distress" highline the Eveline's inability to take a decision.

- Focus on the sentence: "could she still draw back after all he had done for her?" what mode of thought presentation has been used here? Can you find other examples in the story? What is their effect?

In the sentence Joyce uses the narrative technique of free indirect speech. He uses this narrative technique to represent the realism of the scene.
Another example of free indirect speech is the exclamation "Home".

- What kind of narrator does Joyce use?

Joyce uses the third person omniscient narrator.