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James Joyce

The Sisters

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1904

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Essay Topics

1.

How does James Joyce uses syntax in “The Sisters” to characterize the narrator’s thoughts and various characters’ dialogue, and what effect does it create?

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How do details of setting in “The Sisters” function to influence the tone and meaning of the story?

3.

Compare Father Flynn’s and the narrator’s attitudes to Catholic rituals and religion, drawing on close examples from the text.

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