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by MGiavedoni - (2013-01-30)
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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