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This 6 page paper analyzes the character of Mrs. Kearney in "A Mother," one of the stories in James Joyce's collection of short stories, "Dubliners." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Sherrill Grace: Mrs. Kearney as marginalized and powerless Source: James Joyce Critique: Marilyn French: Mrs. Kearney as well-adjusted and competent Critique: Bill Williams: Mrs. Kearney as a target
of Joyces dislike Summarizing these viewpoints and arguing that Mrs. Kearney is fighting for her daughter CONCLUSION Introduction Dubliners, James Joyces collection of short stories,
paints a fairly grim picture of Dublin, its citizens, and their complex relationships. This paper analyzes the character of Mrs. Kearney in "A Mother," one of the stories in the
collection. Discussion The critiques that have considered this story seem to center around on three aspects of Mrs. Kearney: her powerlessness, her selfishness, and her attempt to usurp masculinity in
an attempt to bend it to her will. These viewpoints can be supported in the text but it can also be argued that they miss one vital point about Mrs.
Kearney, and that is her determination that she and her daughter be treated fairly. Sherrill Grace writes that Joyces women are marginalized in every sense: not only do they occupy
the periphery of a society in which men are all important, they are marginalized in the sense that they are not taken seriously or allowed to think for themselves (Grace,
1984). They are "depicted as powerless, passive, and silent or, if they do act, as monstrous; Mrs. Mooney, after all, has the sensibility of a meat cleaver and the opportunistic
Mrs. Kearney must be erased" (Grace, 1984, p. 274). But is Mrs. Kearney "opportunistic"? I think it can be argued that she is both opportunistic and altruistic, but most of
the critics seem determined to see only her unpleasant side. As we read the story, we might consider that Joyce takes a relatively small and unimportant incident-a concert-and enlarges it
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