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An Analysis Of Elie Wiesel's Irony

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Moreover, Eilis's troubled relationship with her mother intensifies her sense of exile. Her marriage is the result of her entrapping relationship with a mother who insists on maintaining her power over her into her adulthood. Eilis's return to her mother and motherland serves to enhance her dislocation. Her mother seems strange to her. Eilis feels trapped in the house as she has felt trapped in Brooklyn. She realises that she has made a mistake in marrying Tony, but she cannot bring herself to tell her mother the truth. However, she could not keep her secret to herself any longer as Miss Kelly, her previous employer, takes pleasure in revealing that she is the cousin of Mrs. Kehoe and indicates that she knows of Eilis's deception.by the

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