g wrong and must choose again. Joyce presents Maria's constant naivete of her surrounding as a form of ignorance. Through the use of irony, Joyce illustrates the ignorance of Maria and applies her paralysis to the whole of Irish society. The free indirect narrative style acts as a device to present the tale from Maria's point of view however, the irony injected into discourse serves to criticize Maria and her state of paralysis. The free indirect discourse ties together the sympathy and irony of Maria's character and the society she representsWorks CitedLawrence, Karen. Joyce and Feminism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981Geddes, Gary. The Art Of Short Fiction. Clay pp178-185. Ontario: Addison Wesley, 1999Bal*censored*, Chris Concise Dictionary Of Literary Terms. New York:Oxford University Press, 1996....
