er, ‘Was it wise?’” (Hart http://f33.mail.yahoo.com/ym/us/ShowLetter?YY=96460&order=down&sort=date&pos=0) This question which Hart also finds intriguing is very strong. Eveline has begun to question her happiness. “Could she still draw back after all he had done for her?” (Joyce 33) She questions whether it is really better for her to go off with Frank and let him be her savior, but again, she declines. “No! No! No! It was impossible.” (Joyce 33) Once again because she is so terrified of that which lies a mystery, she decides to stay with what she knows.It is obvious in the text that Frank has very deep feelings for Eveline, but could she accept that this man actually loves her? He took time out to do things with her to show her how he felt. “He took her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt elated as she sat in an accustomed part of the theater.” (Joyce 31) “He used to meet her outside of the Stores every evening and see her home.” (Joyce 31) He treated her well, so why did she again repudiate his offer? She did not know how to accept this type of love that Frank had to offer. How could she ever measure up to what he deserved? Eveline never realized that love is unconditional and that she was being loved for who she was. She was always expected, by her family to do certain things to prove herself that she never knew how to accept love. “‘Eveline! Evvy!’ He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on but he still called to her. She set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition.” Frank was the one thing that Eveline had that was good in her life and she lets it drift away. She is so used to pain that she doesn’t know how to react when Frank expresses his love for her.“She stood up in a sudden impulse of te...
