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Setting.......The story begins on an evening in a residential section of Dublin, circa 1900. It ends the same evening at a dock where a night-boat (ferry) awaits passengers bound for a port (probablyLiverpool, England) where oceangoing vessels embark for foreign locales.
Point of View.......Joyce tells the story in third-person point of view. In the first paragraph, the narrator reports from adistance, as if he is sitting across the room from Eveline. In the second paragraph, the narrator enters the mind of Eveline and reports the rest of the story from there, revealing the thoughts of thetitle character as she considers whether to remain home or go to Argentina to marry. She reviews the events of her life, comparing the quality of her life in Dublin over the years with the quality oflife she believes she would have in Buenos Aires.
Writing and Plot Structure.......Most of the writing imitates the way the title character would speak if she verbalized her thoughts. Occasionally,Joyce makes a deliberate writing error (such as the omission of a comma) to suggest the flow of Eveline's thoughts. The language is straightforward and easy to understand, although not necessarilyeasy to interpret, and Joyce makes every word count. Except for the first paragraph, he structures the plot according to the order of Eveline's thoughts as they occur. Her thoughts begin in the present,then flash back, then return to the present. From time to time, they again flash back. Occasionally, Eveline attempts to glimpse the future, speculating on what her life would be like in Argentina.CharactersEveline: Dublin woman not yet twenty. She lives at home with her father, who threatens her. Her name is a variation of Evelyn.
Mr. Smith: Eveline's father, who mistreats her. The words hewas usually fairly bad on Saturday night suggest that he drinks heavily on weekends.
Mrs. Smith: Deceased mother of Eveline.
Frank: Sailor who says he will marry Eveline after they go to Argentina...