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Joyce's Juxtaposition of Catholicism and Aesthetics
James Joyce was a prolific Irish writer who wrote about Ireland and the troubles the people of Ireland faced. According to the Volume Library Encyclopedia, with Ireland being about 94 % Roman Catholic, religion is a motif brought forth prominently in Joyce's works. In Dubliners, his book of short stories as well as his supposed autobiography, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce shows religious turmoil and indecision through his characters. Stephen Dedalus, the main character in the journal-like story of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, goes through an internal turmoil of his own throughout the entire book on how he would view religion. He shows certain extremities of religious views during his life from being brought up as a Catholic. He finds that none of these are right for him and the only way he can truly live life to the fullest is to pursue a life of beauty and arts. In Dubliners, Joyce manifests......

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