According to most critics, what does the circular structure of Finnegans Wake represent ?
A. the impossibility of resurrection
B. the unconscious
C. unrequited love
D. the patterns of birth, life, and death
A. the impossibility of resurrection
B. the unconscious
C. unrequited love
D. the patterns of birth, life, and death
A. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
B. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders
C. he is committed to staying in Ireland
D. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes
A. a novel that traces women’s intellectual developments
B. an artist’s novel of awakening
C. an artist’s journey in which he always abandons his art
D. a novel in which the hero solves a crime
A. he is deeply invested in the nationalist cause
B. he hopes to join the IRB
C. he is disinterested in nationalism
D. he is opposed to the nationalist cause
A. After his exile, he only used one “voice” in his works
B. After his exile, he disliked the intricacy of language
C. After his exile, he never used split narratives
D. After his exile, he used a mixture of languages and linguistic traditions in his works
A. “The Dead”
B. “Eveline”
C. “A Painful Case”
D. All of the Above
A. it represents the desire to flee Ireland
B. it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities
C. it implies that the artist must take flight to do his work
D. All of the Above