James Joyce's short story, "Eveline," portrays a young woman living in early 20th century Ireland. The conflict in the story is that the protagonist Eveline ponders whether it is right to run away with her lover thus abandoning her family at home. Joyce uses her situation to demonstrate how gender roles in Ireland at the time, and in the wider world as a whole, are unbalanced because women are seen as inferior to men. Readers viewing "Eveline" from a feminist perspective allows them to evaluate the relationships between men and women in Irish society. An example of the gender roles seen in "Eveline" is the relationship between Eveline and her father. Eveline works day and night cooking, cleaning, taking care of the house and her siblings, even managing to work outside to bring home extra money. Eveline "always gave her full salary...but the problem was getting money from her father." Although Eveline works hard for her money while balancing a busy schedule, she is not allowed to keep the money for herself. She must...