Concetti Chiave
- The story is set in Dublin in 1900, primarily in Eveline's room, characterized by darkness and dust, reflecting her tiredness.
- Eveline reminisces about her childhood, the field where she played, and her fear of her violent father who often interrupted their games.
- In her room, Eveline observes an old, dusty picture of a priest and the promises made to Mary Margaret Alacoque, symbolizing her stagnant life.
- Eveline finds her job monotonous and her boss abusive, fueling her desire to escape with Frank, her sailor boyfriend.
- The story contrasts Eveline's potential escape to Buenos Aires with Frank and the paralysis of her current life, symbolized by her mother's sacrificial fate.
Title: Seeking for a new life/Eveline’s consideration of life.
Eveline's room and memories
Setting: the story begins on an evening in a residential section of Dublin in 1900 and the story takes place principally in Eveline’s room. It ends the same evening at a dock.
Description of the room: dark and dust characterize the room.
How Eveline feels: she feels tired.
The world outside the window maker her think about her childhood; she remembers the field where she and other children played until a man bought it and built houses there.
Eveline's family and fears
Eveline’s father used to interfere with their play in the field; she fears her father, because he’s a violent and uncontrolled man.
Eveline notices in her room the picture of a priest; next to this picture there are the promises made to blessed Mary Margaret Alacoque.
These objects share their being old and dusty.
Eveline considers her job dull and her superior abusive.
Eveline has agreed to become Frank’s wife and to leave her home for Buenos Aires; she wants to leave home because his boyfriend is a sailor and her father quarrelled with him since he disgusted sailors.
Frank is Eveline’s boyfriend and he’s a sailor.
Eveline remembers Frank’s vourtship, his being kind, open-hearted and lively.
Eveline’s father didn’t accept the young man (Frank), as he hated sailors.
The sound of a street organ reminds her of the night when her mother died and how her father had paid a street organ player to move off.
Eveline sees her mother’s life as a ‘life of commonplace sacrifices closing in final craziness’; her last words were “derevaun seraun!”, which meant “the end of pleasure is pain”.
Eveline is caught between a future far from her family with Frank (escape) and the passivity of her home city (paralysis).
Frank represents to her the possibility to escape from her home city.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es el dilema principal que enfrenta Eveline en la historia?
- ¿Cómo influye el recuerdo de su madre en la decisión de Eveline?
- ¿Qué simboliza Frank para Eveline en su vida?
Eveline está atrapada entre la posibilidad de escapar con Frank a Buenos Aires y la pasividad de quedarse en su hogar en Dublín, lo que representa una vida de sacrificios comunes y parálisis.
Eveline recuerda la vida de su madre como una serie de sacrificios que culminaron en locura, y sus últimas palabras, "derevaun seraun", le sugieren que el final del placer es el dolor, lo que la hace reflexionar sobre su propio futuro.
Frank simboliza la posibilidad de escapar y comenzar una nueva vida lejos de su hogar y de la opresión de su padre, ya que es un hombre amable y abierto que le ofrece una oportunidad de cambio.
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