Joyce Carol Oates

“Think You 're Escaping and Run into Yourself”: An Analysis of Memories as a Form of Escape in James Joyce’s “The Dead” In “The Dead,” James Joyce marks his characters’ lives with an overwhelming paralysis that they can only break away from by reliving their memories. This reconstruction of memories is especially relevant to Gabriel Conroy, a character whose self-consciousness and routine-driven existence enhance the stagnation he perceives in his life. Gabriel finds his salvation by revisiting…

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger” (158). “Araby” is a story of initiation, which allows us to recognize that the short story, will without a doubt include a valuable life lesson. This story tells a story about a young boy who believes he has fallen in love with a girl who he has never really had a conversation with and has eventually created an image of her in his head that is unrealistic and foolish.…

alienation in Gabriel's head. "His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the dead" (Joyce 2124). Gabriels form of coping with this new information from Gretta is to reflect on the love they shared and compare it to the love she shared with her last lover, Michael Furey. “...for so many years that image of her lover’s eyes when he had told her that he did not wish to live”(Joyce 2199). Realizing the image of Fureys eyes was engraved in Gretta’s mind, Gabriel is left to…

In Ibsen’s “A Doll House,” the act of pretending to be someone else seems to be the name the game. The characters falsely portray their true selves so that others can like them in the public. The story exemplifies the everyday spirited trophy wife, Nora, to that of a self-empowering woman. To her husband Torvald, she is a loving wife. However, unbeknownst to him, her persona shifts to that of a resilient and liberated woman. The first impression of Nora is of a respectful and yet…

James Joyce is a very well know writer from the 1920’s, his family and teachers all wanted him to become a preacher, but he pursued in his dream of becoming a writer. In Joyce’s literature pieces. He innovates a plot, character, and language. This makes him one of the most challenging and distinguished writers of the twentieth century. He is well known for his work, Araby, this is a story of a young boy who wants to go to the store to buy the girl he likes, but when he finally can go he doesn’t…

In the short story, “The Dead” by James Joyce, he gives a brief insight at Gabriel’s character. There are three aspects revealed from Gabriel which are no remorse, curiosity, and pity towards the other character. The aspects revealed are not the common ones, or the aspects any coherent person in love suffering from the death of a loved one would feel. Instead, they were cold and almost as if he had no feelings for the person he had married. The techniques used were motif, point of view, and…

One of the most innovative writers of the 20th century, James Joyce made his impact, through Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. James had lived through many historical events in his lifetime. He lived through World War 1, and he also lived through the beginning of World War II. That was the start of totalitarianism. Ireland also became a free state in 1922. Through all of these historical events that James lived through, he lived through some pretty powerful events in his own life. They may not have…

In, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora is the protagonist of the play. Nora is the wife of Torvald Helmer and a mother of three children. Throughout the play we come to see a woman who is very clever, but perceives her-self in a naïve way. Later in the play we come to see unexpected actions taken by Nora, which demonstrates her ambition and courage. Nora does not fill a parental role in her children’s life, but more as a friend than a mother. In the play, Nora’s role as a wife is to be a…

James Joyce During the late 1800s, a scholar was born unto the union of an Irish decedent in Dublin, Ireland. He was born with a minor eye problem and dealt with it all his life and that become chronic throughout his life. Being the first child of his parent and oldest Mr. Joyce was a smart young man growing up as a child, he show the interest of education as a little boy as a result his parent saw how determine he was toward learning. The parent of Joyce saw unusual behavior in him that…

I decided to do my essay on Stephen Wiltshire. Stephen is a British Artist who has Autism. He is known for having an amazing memory where he can study a certain area for 10 minutes and make it into a hour painting and have every detail like the actual object or area. Stephen seems normal from the outside but he struggles with autism he struggles with verbally expressing himself. To overcome this with his painting. All paintest speak with their art, people will find meaning behind a photo or…