Joyce, Dubliners, The Sisters

Question 1

‘I puzzled my head…’

Answer 1

‘I puzzled my head to the exact meaning of his unfinished sentences’

P.4

Old Cotter implies the priest was a pedophile but does not wholly say it

Question 2

‘I wondered why it’s lips were so moist…’

Answer 2

‘I wondered why it’s lips were so moist with spittle. But then I remembered it died of paralysis’

P.4

Question 3

Give an example of characters inability to speak

Answer 3

Eliza: ‘Did he… peacefully?’

P.8

Question 4

‘In the dark in his confession…’

Answer 4

‘In the dark in his confession box, wide awake and laughing’

P.10

Another suggestion at Father Flyn’s mental instability