The Sisters

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Themes

All Themes The Utility of Education Authority and Corruption Death, Grief, and Mourning Paralysis, Deterioration, and the Obsolete

Characters

All Characters The Narrator Father James Flynn Old Cotter The Narrator’s Uncle Eliza Nannie The Narrator’s Aunt

Terms

All Terms Breviary Rosicrucian Simony

Symbols

All Symbols The Chalice Father Flynn’s Snuff

Literary Devices

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The Sisters

by James Joyce

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
The Utility of Education
Authority and Corruption
Death, Grief, and Mourning
Paralysis, Deterioration, and the Obsolete

All Characters
The Narrator
Father James Flynn
Old Cotter
The Narrator’s Uncle
Eliza
Nannie
The Narrator’s Aunt

All Terms
Breviary
Rosicrucian
Simony

All Symbols
The Chalice
Father Flynn’s Snuff

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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Father Flynn’s Snuff

The Sisters Literary Devices

Father Flynn’s Snuff

Father Flynn’s Snuff

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