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In “Counterparts,” how does James Joyce incorporate sensory imagery? How do descriptions of settings, characters, or sounds contribute to the tone of the story?
Read an earlier chapter from Dubliners titled “Araby” and describe the unnamed narrator’s epiphany at the end of the story. How does the boy’s epiphany compare to Farrington’s?
Why do you think Joyce’s editors objected to the content of “Counterparts”? What were some of the primary institutions or ideologies that would’ve objected to his work and why?
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