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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce (excerpt)

The Vances lived in number seven. They had a different father and mother. They were Eileen’s father and mother. When they were grown up he was going to marry Eileen. He hid under the table. His mother said:

—O, Stephen will apologise.

Dante said:
—O, if not, the eagles will come and pull out his eyes.

Pull out his eyes,
Apologise,
Apologise,
Pull out his eyes.

Apologise,
Pull out his eyes,
Pull out his eyes,
Apologise.


Select the correct answer.
What do the rhyming lines at the end of the excerpt contribute to the narrative?

A-They emphasize Stephen's defiance of the threats made by his parents and aunt.
B-They signal that the narrative is reflecting Stephen's personal experience.
C-They indicate that from a young age Stephen liked to turn conflict into art.
D-They hint that Stephen's family often sought to control his behavior.

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beautyfullittle

The Correct Answer is B. They signal that the narrative is reflecting Stephen's personal experience.

michelcecilia

The correct answer is: B-They signal that the narrative is reflecting Stephen's personal experience.

Indeed, James Joyce wrote this novel and used the new literary technique of stream of consciousness. This narrative mode does not describe in a conventional manner the thoughts and emotions that are going through the mind of a character; they actually mimic the jumbled, repetitive  thought processes themselves, providing a supplementary layer of immersion in the literary work for the reader.

In this passage, the exacerbated repetition of the words “pull out his eyes, apologize” depict faithfully the negative and pervasive emotional impact that such words are having on the character’s mind as they reverberate in his mind.

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