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- Joyce's stories feature moments of intensity known as epiphanies, which are sudden revelations that elevate ordinary objects.
- An epiphany reveals the soul of an object, making it appear more significant and meaningful in a moment of clarity.
- This concept of epiphany is similar to Woolf's idea of vision, representing an instant of personal insight.
- In "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," Joyce describes epiphanies as moments expressed through everyday speech or gestures.
- Epiphanies occur when a familiar object triggers new impressions and feelings, offering a fresh perspective.
Epiphanies
Joyce’s stories are characterized by peaks of intensity, that the writer calls epiphanies. An epiphany is a sudden revelation, in which the soul of the commonest object seems to us suddenly more important. This instant of intensity can be compared to Woolf’s idea of vision. In “A Portrait of the Artist of a Young Man”, he explains his idea of epiphany: he says that epiphanies can expresses itself through the vulgarity of speech or of gesture.
For example, in a particular day of our life, when we see an object, seen many other times, it can give us impressions and feelings, never given before: this is the concept of epiphanies.
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