Learning Paths » 5A Interacting
Eveline
1. Eveline is not sure to start a new life in Buenos Aires with Frank, because she’s afraid to leave Dublin
2. She decides to stay because she promised her mother to take care of her family
3. Eveline’s life follows only a fate of pain and indecision that made her
4. Miss Gavan would be glad.She had always had it in for her.
5. Eveline is a girl paralyzed by her family; Frank, instead seems not to be paralyzed, because he loves new experiences. Eveline’s father instead is blocked by the past.
6. 1st present
2nd memories
3rd reflection
4th memories
5th memories about her family
6th present
7th her mother’s death
8th decision to escape
9th departure
7. “a maze of distress” means “un labirinto di angoscia” .
Linked words: nausea, distress, helpless animal
8.
Examples:
And now I have nobody to protect me.
Frank was very kind, mainly, open-hearted.
I was about to explore another life with Frank
9. Third person omniscient narrator