Worksheet on 'Eveline', a short-story by James Joyce

(use A for the first page, B for the second page and C for the third page when quoting)

1- A portrait of the main character

Christian name:

Family name:

An alternative first name:

Surname:

Her age: she must be ...

Her occupation:

Her social class:

Her character:

Her project:

The promise she made:

2- Other characters

Her relatives:

Father:

Mother:

Siblings:

Her lover's name and occupation:

3- The setting

Name of the shop:

Country:

Town:

Epoch:

4- Relationships

Eveline's relationships with her father:

Eveline's life and status at home:

Eveline's relationships with her lover:

Eveline's life and status in Buenos Ayres:

5- Mixed-up titles for the various parts

lines 1a-4a The final twist

lines 5a-27a Home

lines 42a-59a Her mother's end

lines 60a-25b Hard times

lines 26b-58b Wondering

lines 59b-5c Good memories

lines 6c-25c Going away

lines 32c-54c Escape !

lines 55c-63c A secret affair

6- Narrative technique. Match the extracts and the technique used.

She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. (l 1a)

'Come !' (l 50c)

Was that wise? (l 43a)

Escape! She must escape! (l 6c)

He said she used to squander the money, ... (l 10b)

'I know these sailor chaps,' he said (l 56b)

a) Indirect speech

b ) Third person narrative

c) Free direct speech

d) Direct speech

e) Free indirect speech

f) Free indirect speech

7- The structure 'Used to' is repeated time and time again throughout the short-story.

Find three occurrences of the structure:

What does that reveal about Eveline?