59 pages • 1 hour read
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1916
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Essay Topics
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a story about Stephen Dedalus’s journey to becoming an artist—more specifically, a poet. How does the story of his early life take on a deliberately literary tone?
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How does Stephen frame his mythical namesake Daedalus with regard to his own ambitions?
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In what ways does the novel explore language as a tool of liberation? Use examples from the text.
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