The Sisters by Joyce: symbolism and paralysis

1. 1"Big discoloured teeth" are presumably [blank_start]yellow and brown[blank_end] which are the colours symbolic of [blank_start]decay and paralysis[blank_end] throughout Joyce's work. The [blank_start]descriptive method[blank_end] is highly realistic and is one of [blank_start]verisimilitude[blank_end].

   1. Averisimilitude
   2. Bdescriptive method
   3. Cyellow and brown
   4. Ddecay and paralysis
2. 2Fr Flynn's death on the [blank_start]1st of July[blank_end] is a historical illusion to the [blank_start]anglo-Irish confrontation[blank_end] at the [blank_start]Battle of the Boyne[blank_end]. This implies Joyce's depsondent recognition of the [blank_start]internalised oppression[blank_end] - yet another [blank_start]dimension[blank_end] contributing to Irish misery.

   1. A1st of July
   2. Banglo-Irish confrontation
   3. CBattle of the Boyne
   4. Dinternalised oppression
   5. Edimension
3. 3The lexical chain of [blank_start]accumulative carnal imagery[blank_end] "The heavy grey face of the paralytic", "[blank_start]lips moist with spittle[blank_end]" and "big discoloured teeth" conveys the [blank_start]literal and spiritual paralysis[blank_end] which is representative of the [blank_start]church's moreal incapacities[blank_end] in betraying the Irish to [blank_start]fulfill the instituion's needs[blank_end].

   1. Aaccumulative carnal imagery
   2. Blips moist with spittle
   3. Cliteral and spiritual paralysis
   4. Dchurch's moral incapacities
   5. Efulfill the instituion's needs
4. 4The [blank_start]characterisation[blank_end] surrounding Father Flynn dying "[blank_start]of paralysis[blank_end]" allows Joyce to elaborate on the idea of [blank_start]stagnation[blank_end] and [blank_start]corruption[blank_end]. He showcases the [blank_start]paralysis inflicted[blank_end] by the [blank_start]Catholic Church[blank_end] - the teachings of which most dubliners adhered to - and England, which had conquered Ireland in the [blank_start]17th century[blank_end]. He represents the paralysed Catholic Church as well as its [blank_start]ability to paralyse others[blank_end].

   1. Acharacterisation
   2. Bof paralysis
   3. Cstagnation
   4. Dcorruption
   5. ECatholic Church
   6. F17th century
   7. Gability to paralyse others
   8. Hparalysis inflicted
5. 5The [blank_start]inference[blank_end] of Father Flynn needing to "[blank_start]confess something[blank_end]" allows Joyce to elaborate on the idea of [blank_start]religious corruption[blank_end] - a form of corruption that [blank_start]prevents progress[blank_end] and ultimately leads to a [blank_start]stagnant society[blank_end] aspects in which [blank_start]complexify Ireland's history[blank_end].

   1. Astagnant society,
   2. Binference
   3. Cconfess something
   4. Dprevents progress
   5. Ecomplexify Ireland's history
   6. Freligious corruption
6. 6Heaney's "Blackberry picking" is a [blank_start]metaphor[blank_end] for the [blank_start]loss of innocence[blank_end] and the [blank_start]transeince of experience[blank_end].

   1. Atranseince of experience
   2. Bmetaphor
   3. Closs of innocence
7. 7The [blank_start]extended metaphor[blank_end] "Each year I'd hoped they'd keep, [blank_start]knew they would not[blank_end]" reveals Heaney's understanding of the [blank_start]importance of hope[blank_end] despite harsh realities. It also compares the [blank_start]impermenance of the berries[blank_end] to the [blank_start]transcendence of human life[blank_end] and sees the dualities of the [blank_start]human condition[blank_end] positioned within a [blank_start]complex Irish context[blank_end].

   1. Aextended metaphor
   2. Bknew they would not
   3. Cimportance of hope
   4. Dimpermenance of the berries
   5. Etranscendence of human life
   6. Fcomplex Irish context
   7. Ghuman condition
8. 8A fierce desire is expressed by the speaker within the [blank_start]sensory language[blank_end] "You ate the first one and [blank_start]its flesh was sweet[blank_end]" which [blank_start]metaphorically alludes[blank_end] to how the Irish nation has the ability to [blank_start]captivate a sense of freedom[blank_end]. This is heavily [blank_start]juxtaposed[blank_end] in "the fruit fermented, the sweet flesh [blank_start]would turn sour[blank_end]". This comparison showcases that this sense of freedom is lost as [blank_start]Irish citizens are unable to break away[blank_end] from the [blank_start]complex nature[blank_end] of Irish existence.

   1. Aits flesh was sweet
   2. Bmetaphorically alludes
   3. Ccaptivate a sense of freedom
   4. Djuxtaposed
   5. Ewould turn sour
   6. FIrish citizens are unable to break away
   7. Gcomplex nature
   8. Hsensory language
9. 9The acknowledgement of [blank_start]Irish complexities[blank_end] explored by both writers elaborates on the [blank_start]multifaceted reasons[blank_end] for why [blank_start]ineescapability[blank_end] is apparent within Ireland's history.

   1. AIrish complexities
   2. Bmultifaceted reasons
   3. Cinescapability
10. 10Joyce exposes the irish normality of [blank_start]cultural comfort[blank_end] in the depiction of familiarity "[blank_start]objects from which Eveline had never[blank_end] dreamed of being divided" which is used to create an [blank_start]overhanging sense of doubt[blank_end].

    1. Acultural comfort
    2. Bobjects from which Eveline had never
    3. Coverhanging sense of doubt

11. 11Joyce uses the [blank_start]epiphany[blank_end] "[blank_start]Why should I be unhappy?[blank_end]" to question the [blank_start]social norms[blank_end] in Ireland. This is also a [blank_start]metaphor[blank_end] for the controversy surrounding the right for [blank_start]unionist and nationalist controversies[blank_end] to impact upon an individual's [blank_start]personal[blank_end] life.

    1. Aepiphany
    2. BWhy should I be unhappy?
    3. Csocial norms
    4. Dmetaphor
    5. Eunionist and nationalist controversies
    6. Fpersonal
12. 12"[blank_start]Only for her dead mother's[blank_end] sake" and "[blank_start]Earnest was dead[blank_end]" - JOyce presents [blank_start]underlying themes of death[blank_end] which is representative of Ireland.

    1. AEarnest was dead
    2. BOnly for her dead mother's
    3. Cunderlying themes of death
13. 13The [blank_start]colloquial phrase[blank_end] in Counterparts "[blank_start]He had spent his last penny for the g.p[blank_end]" represents that Farrington is trapped in a [blank_start]disappointing cycle[blank_end] mimicking the [blank_start]mundane routine[blank_end] of his daily occupation.

    1. Acolloquial phrase
    2. BHe had spent his last penny for the g.p
    3. Cdisappointing cycle
    4. Dmundane routine
14. 14Heaney's "Casualty" -the [blank_start]innocuous imagery[blank_end] conveyed when the fisherman raises a "[blank_start]weathered thumb[blank_end]" for another drink depicts Ireland's social norm of familiarity and [blank_start]exhaustion[blank_end]. The familiarity seen in the simple act of the thumb movement is like the [blank_start]nationalist society's awareness[blank_end] of the IRA bomings occuring in [blank_start]targeted unionst areas[blank_end].

    1. Ainnocuous imagery
    2. Bweathered thumb
    3. Cexhaustion
    4. Dnationalist society's awareness
    5. Etargeted unionst areas
15. 15The [blank_start]historical allusion[blank_end] "[blank_start]PARAS THIRTEEN... BOGSIDE NIL[blank_end]" is represntative of the [blank_start]1972 bloody sunday massacre[blank_end] in northern ireland when British soldiers shot [blank_start]28 unarmed civilinans[blank_end]. Body counts indivate a [blank_start]moral justification[blank_end] to 'settle the score' with Britain.

    1. APARAS THIRTEEN... BOGSIDE NIL
    2. B1972 bloody sunday massacre
    3. C28 unarmed civilians
    4. Dmoral justification
    5. Ehistorical allusion
16. 16The [blank_start]imagery[blank_end] "[blank_start]coffin after coffin[blank_end]" shifts the [blank_start]stigma[blank_end] of familiarity to represent the consequences of [blank_start]sustaining a sense of repitition[blank_end] - this was shown through the consequences of the IRA bombings despite warning nationalists to take refuge in safer, [blank_start]non-unionist grounds[blank_end].

    1. Aimagery
    2. Bcoffin after coffin
    3. Cstigma
    4. Dsustaining a sense of repitition
    5. Enon-unionist grounds

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