עבודה הדנה בדמיון בין האופי והגורל של שתי הגיבורות הראשיות בשני הסיפורים, Clay ו- The Voyage

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שנת הגשה 2008
מספר מילים 1778
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     My paper will discuss the way Maria and Fenella are described in Joyce's "Clay" and Mansfield's "The Voyage" respectively.
At first glance, the two women seem to be quite unlike each other, mainly because of their large age gap: Maria's life is almost over, while Fenella's is just beginning. Likewise, while Maria appears to be completely without any relatives with whom she is in touch, Fenella has got a family. However, later on one can see that the two women have very much in common. Their characters are alike: both lack self-confidence and are described as dependent and indecisive.
Another similarity is the condescension with which the two women are treated by others. Maria receives such attitude maybe because she is small like a child, which is especially apparent when she sits in the tram, where no one pays attention to her, "with her toes barely touching the floor" (Joyce, 97-8). Fenella is treated in a similar way, when her grandmother refers to her as a "child" (Mansfield, 55-8), instead of calling the girl by the name. Both protagonists make up for their dull and sad way of life, which can offer them little amusement, by having a developed imagination. While their outer world seems gloomy and lacking adventure, their inner world is very rich and colorful. Thus, Maria notices that the streets are "shining with rain" (Joyce, 97), while Fenella mistakes her grandmother's praying for "gently rustling among tissue paper" (Mansfield, 57).