Eveline's Catholic values play a large role in her inability to leave, and she ends up sacrificing herself for these values emphasized by her religion.

Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque." Although Joyce does not name the promises, they and the print are still easy to come by in. Dublin. These promises made to ...

Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (French: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted ...

In the Dubliners story "Eveline," a "coloured print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque" hangs on a wall in Eveline's home. In exchange ...

Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French nun made a saint in 1920. She said she had visions of Christ where he asked her to be a symbol of love, mercy, ...

... Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque. He had been a school friend of her father. Whenever he showed the photograph to a visitor her father used to pass it with a ...

Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, a saint whose promises are prominently ... Alacoque, who blesses homes, hints at the saint Eveline is contemplating abandoning.

In “Eveline,” Eveline makes promises to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, so Joyce's use of the name “Margaret” could be a subtle link to his sister, Margaret. Eveline Characters · Eveline Themes · Eveline Symbols · Eveline Quotes

This dual meaning of the word adds new meaning to Joyce's language by referring to Eveline as a water sprite, a characterization that interacts violently. 27 ...

"coloured print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque"; -> old, run-down, not in use, forgotten. reminds her of her religious commitments.