Sunday, November 16, 2008
Eveline
Throughout the story, a young teenage girl named Eveline is faced with a major decision. At a young age her mother passed away and being the oldest, Eveline took over the motherly roles. But, Eveline had fallen in love and was considering running away with this man. She struggles with this choice throughout the story and finally has an epiphany. Her epiphany is that she is going to leave with this guy. She decides that she wants to live happily and do something for herself for once. After taking care of her family for so long, she needed to escape from it and be on her own. As soon as she makes this decision she becomes paralyzed and can no longer leave with her lover. She becomes quite bitter after this happens. She is upset that she has to stay and work for her family and that she cannot be with the man she loves. Her epiphany is kind of ironic. She finally decides what she wants, and then fate chooses the other route for her. I think she was supposed to choose to stay with her family and when she chose to leave them she was punished and forced to stay with them. Eveline had an epiphany, but it did not work out for her.
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I had a different interpretation of where Evaline's epiphany is in the story, however, your idea makes some sense as well. Although, I am curious as to where you got that she became bitter and unhappy with her decision not to go with Frank. I don't remember any dialogue after the dock scene...
I'm not sure she chose to go with Frank, or at least that's not clear from the story. There's evidence that she originally wanted to go with Frank, but I'm not sure she was punished for making the wrong decision. And yeah, I 2nd the no dialogue post-dock comment.
I thought that her epiphany was that she realized that even if she left with Frank, there wouldn't be a drastic change in her lifestyle. It's refreshing to see a different interpretation though.
I also dont feel that Eveline was "punished" for not going with Frank. I believe it was her own personality that prohibited her thus it was her own choice. Eveline was unwilling to take a leap of faith and start a new life.
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