Feminism In Dubliners

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as the mental and political paralysis of its people. Joyce’s portrayal of reality is meant to be a sort of “bitter medicine” for the social and moral disease that paralyzes the female society. His way of representing females is truthful, and causes the problem of inequality to stand prominently in his reader’s minds. He portrays them in a way that reflects reality, not in the misguided and ignorant way that eighteenth century society viewed them. His readers are forced to realize the cruel actuality that women endure, which is how he gets his pro-feminist views across, and in a sense, forces an epiphany onto his readers.
In “Eveline”, the narrator is speaking of a young lady whose life is bereft of happiness and vivacity. She is neglected of basic things that are taken for granted by most people, such as a happy youth. This is seen when the narrator speaks about the story of the field that Eveline, her brothers, and another family’s children used to play on which was bought by a ...

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Eveline is forced to be the caretaker of the family, and is obligated to work and live in conditions that she deplores. She is employed in a place where “she would not cry many tears” (36) at leaving. In Joyce’s time, women were often hired for ignominious and base jobs and paid significantly less than their counterparts. Then, she had to go home and take care of a seemingly ungrateful family. At first glance, this may seem to not be feminism at all, but if you look deeper, one will realize that the fact of the matter is that Eveline is a female who is put under a lot stress, handles a lot of responsibility, and works extremely hard, and she does not break. This story ...

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