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Hirsch writes that Joyce's epiphanies are always internal and signal "a dramatic turning point for the protagonist" and this is the premise of this 3 page essay quoting 3 sources.
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critics have noted, Joyces epiphanies are experienced by everyone. They are moments tied to deep and often dark emotions experienced in brief seconds of time in everyday reality. They play
a function in understanding personal truths. They may be real or not real, acted on or not, but in the moment of realization, they represent absolute truths that replace all
prior thoughts, desires and dreams. This is how they are represented in Joyces "The Dead," "Araby" and "Counterparts." While tomorrow is not
considered in most of them, no two are alike, and epiphanies always provide new direction, but only on an internal level. As Hirsch (1999) stated, they are moments in time
when the soul is both lost and reconceived. This does not always translate to action. Realms of Realizations
Joyces epiphanies spiral upward, emotionally moving the reader forward with the protagonist in his experience. In "Araby," Joyce starts out by defining his protagonist as starting out
blind and the young boy keeps working out of that blindness against his mounting and unreasonable feelings for Mangans sister. He is powerless to stop his thoughts about her. His
growing physical tensions haunt him as he relives how the light plays on her hands. Only when he has acted foolishly in front of his aunt and uncle does he
realize that he has been foolish. But like many epiphanies, his foolishness is not directly associated with his actions, but with the concepts arising from his soul and mind. In
Araby, the protagonist must deal with the fact that he was vain to consider Mangans sister a love interest; she laughs at his youthful romantic gestures. At the bazaar, he
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