Eveline’s memory of her mother’s sacrifices and resulting demise causes her to think more about her decision to run away with Frank. She knows she does not want to end up like her mother, who seems to have been driven to madness by her life of endless sacrifice. Her repetition of the phrase “Derevaun Seraun,” which is either nonsense or bears some meaning along the lines of “the end of song is raving madness,” implies that her mother is somewhat aware of her own insanity. Eveline sees death in both her mother’s life of “commonplace sacrifices” and in her actual…