Many of Joyce's characters in Dubliners are trapped in a bubble, where they are paralyzed and confined to a world from which they want to escape. The first example is in "Araby" where the narrator is attracted to a young girl. He can hear her, see her, dream and wish about her. He always thinks of her and longs to be with her: "Her image m 'accompanied even the most hostile places for romance (Joyce, 25 years old) » However, he is unable to escape from himself and talk to her or get to know her The narrator can experience all the. feelings for Mangan's sister, but he cannot get out of the bubble he is in to be able to talk to her. He tries to get out of this bubble by offering to bring him something at the bazaar. stuck again when his uncle comes home late The narrator had the brief opportunity to buy something, but he couldn't break through the bubble he found himself in: "...I know my stay was useless... then I slowly turned away and walked in the middle of the bazaar… I heard a voice call. from one end of the gallery that the light was out (Joyce 30). His opportunity to escape his bubble had passed. Just like in “Araby,” Eveline is trapped because of the promise she made to her dying mother. She's stuck at home, doing household chores and taking care of her family: "Home!" She looked around the room, going over all the familiar objects that she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where all the dust was coming from (Joyce, 32). His life is very mundane and repetitive. Her dream outside the bubble is to live abroad, get married and be treated with respect. She had the chance, with Frank, to experience all of this. She, like the young boy in "Araby", was about to break through...... middle of paper ...... performed by a song she hears at the party, and becomes very distant: "She broke loose from him and… hid her face. Gabriel remained motionless for a moment, astonished. …'And the song? Why does it make you cry? …'He was a young boy I knew… named Michael Furey.' (Joyce, 230-231).” Gabriel is always in a comfort zone when he is in his bubble, so as not to feel trapped by it when in fact, the bubble traps him and prevents him from fully experiencing his emotions: “Better to move on boldly into this other world, in all the glory of a certain passion, then fade and wither miserably with age (Joyce, 235). for the characters, none of them do it..