Introduction- Working Thesis:–Part A: In James Joyce’s The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the VirginMary is portrayed as a regal figure within Stephen’s mind to demonstrate how thejuxtaposition of purity and corruption result in spiritual discourse. By presentingMary as an unattainable archetype, the average sinner is inherently lesser thandespite the indiscriminate comfort she brings.Part B: The essay will focus on the elaborate […]




