Joyce, Dubliners, Evaline

Question 1

“She sits by the window…”

Answer 1

“She sits by the window watching the evening invade the avenue”

Evening - dark, darkness as an invasive force lingering over Dublin’s streets and avenues

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Question 2

“In her nostrils…”

Answer 2

“In her nostrils was the dour of dusty cretonne”

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Question 3

“Her time was running…”

Answer 3

“Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window”

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Question 4

“Leaning against the window curtain…”

Answer 4

“Leaning against the window curtain, inhaling the dour of dusty cretonne”

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Question 5

“She stood up in a sudden…”

Answer 5

“She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape!”

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Question 6

“Frank would save her…”

Answer 6

“Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love, too”

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Question 7

“Her distress awoke…”

Answer 7

“Her distress awoke a nausea in her body”

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Question 8

“She sat her white face to him…”

Answer 8

“She sat her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal”

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Question 9

What is significant about Beuno Ayres?

Answer 9

Reputation as being one of the centres of international prostitution