What are the representations of women in James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

Joyce's
Portrait has a very unique perspective on women through its , Stephen
Dedalus. In the first chapter, there are only two women encountered in a significant way. These
are his mother and Dante, a friend of the family. Dante had been a nun and Stephen's mother is a
catholic. From Stephen's point of view, at his young and fragile age, these two women can be
compared to the Virgin Mary for the sake of this discussion.

Joyce also
describes a character by the name of Eileen Vance who lives next door to him and is Protestant.
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