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Vidya: maureen and chandra, 'Eveline' was definitely one of the saddest stories i have read (and touching) But the reason I didn't actually write anything about it was this maddening summer heat that makes one feel sleepy and lazy all through the day (:)))) (chandra , until when were you in b'lore ? wonderign if b'lore summers were 'hot' at that time (:))) anyway they now are and i am forcing myself to sit up and think (:)) i have this feeling everything that had to be said about the story has been said but chandra had written "If Eveline was truly feminist, she would have had no guilty feelings about leaving. It is as if Joyce feels sorry for such women, but would like to hold them back still. Is it because Joyce is a man, and cannot easily give freedom to his women?" but i felt the other way round . because of the end he has given to this story he qualifies to be a 'feminist' and the work a feminist work (:))) The true nature of her (Any female struggling to break free from the bonds that bind her ) dilemma is made touchingly clear by the ending . The way he has written about her conditons and her dreams of breaking free and in the end showing her 'choose' to remain in the same condition which she feels is suffocating her shows breaking free is not all that easy . You need to be brave to be able to do it (hasn't chandra mentioned something like this ...... let me stop repeating what has been said before (:))) but the ending is one thing that makes this story easy to relate to . this was the first of this collection which struck to me as being 'general' . No specific Irish background was needed to understand this one (what relief (:-))) btw , something i hadn't understood the mother is supposed to have said "`Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!' " which Eveline remembers ..... what was this all about ...... |
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