In Dubliners, women are indeed victims. They are victims of the home, of the virtues recognized by society, of classes of life, of religious doctrines and of women themselves. In this essay, we will analyze the representation of women among Dubliners based on the aspects mentioned above, namely the home, the virtues recognized by society, classes of life, religious doctrines and women themselves. The selection above is proposed to raise awareness among students. of the subject of the test. The full essay begins below. “My mind rejects the whole present social order and Christianity – the home, the recognized virtues, the classes of life and the religious doctrines…. My mother was slowly killed, I think, by my father's mistreatment, by years of trouble, and by my cynical frankness of conduct. When I looked at her face as she lay in her coffin – a face gray and devastated by cancer – I knew I was looking at the face of a victim and I cursed the system. which made him a victim. (Letters, II, 48) Among Dubliners, women are indeed victims. They are victims of the home, of the virtues recognized by society, of classes of life, of religious doctrines and of women themselves. In this essay, we will analyze the representation of women among Dublin women with regard to the aspects mentioned above, namely the home, the virtues recognized by society, classes of life, religious doctrines and women themselves. Women are victims of the home. They suffer from being confined to their homes. They are somehow isolated from the outside world. They have little, if any, freedom. Their main role is to be good wives to men, good mothers to their children and to take good care of their families. They are not expected to handle these matters... middle of paper ... by male authority by virtue of the fact that they are inferior to men and should be submissive to them. Worse still, women are often discriminated against by society, largely monopolized by men. Sexual discrimination is found at home, in the workplace and even in public life in general. Moreover, they are victims of religious orthodoxy as well as their own actions and psychology. But who is responsible for women's suffering anyway – the circumstances or the women themselves? Works cited: Benstock, Bernard. Critical Essays on James Joyce. GK Hall & Co. Boston, Massachusetts: 1985. Joyce, James. Dubliners. Washington Square Press. New York, New York: 1998. Selected Joyce Letters. Ed. Richard Ellmann. New York: Viking Compass, 1975. Seidel, Michael. James Joyce: A Brief Introduction. Blackwell Publishers, Inc. Oxford, United Kingdom: 2002.