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Eveline, a young lady who has been raised by a loving mother and an insulting father. She is from a world of trying to take care of everybody to trying to please herself. If she decides to explore the world with Frank she will be at the start of pleasing herself because she will no longer have to worry about pleasing anybody else from her hometown. She is leaving the world of looking back over her childhood memories to the world of considering independence. The window values a place where Eveline can reminisce about the past and get a form of relaxation. She goes through some stages where she is remembering her mother and her siblings, but she realizes that she has to start living for herself. It appears that Eveline rather stick to her normal …show more content…

When love begins to mix up with Eveline former life her greatest fear becomes the unknown which is moving away from home. “In her home anyway she had shelter and food; she had those whom she had known all her life” (Joyce 322). Eveline will more in likely get a taste of home sickness if she decides to move away from home because she will hardly know anybody. If Eveline good memories outweigh her bad memories from the past she is more likely to stay home. “Of course she had to work hard both in the house and at business” (Joyce 322). If Eveline decides to go away with Frank she will not work as hard as she would if she decides to stay home. This fantasy of Eveline is more than just a vision, however she will make an independent move by moving away from …show more content…

What was considered by Frank had actually became a reality check for Eveline by making her realize that it is time to decide between staying home or move away from home with Frank. At home she does not feel appreciative but Eveline thinks that by moving away from home she will be surrounded with compassion. “She was to go away with him by the night- boat to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos Aires where he had a home waiting for her” (Joyce 323). Eveline’s father was not pleased with her relationship with Frank. “Her father had found out the affair and had forbidden her to have anything to say to him” (Joyce 324). Her father is crucial to our understanding of choosing not to let Eveline be happy because he does not give his blessing to her bond with Frank. When we first meet Frank, Eveline seems anything but sad when it comes to her relationship with Frank because she would not consider going away with him if she wasn’t happy with their

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