Part one of term paper
In "The Sisters," James Joyce implements several elements of the uncanny. The story centers on an evasion of understanding and comprehensibility. It primarily focuses on the death of a priest, in itself a rather unsettling incident. The feeling of disengagement is perpetuated by the boy’s dream and Eliza’s admission that Father Flynnâ ...

Part two of term paper
... is exceptionally uncanny in that while it was expected and familiar, it is also very unimaginable for the narrator. Initially, when he walks by the Reverend’s house, the boy looks toward the window for the reflection of two candles; those commonly placed at the head of a corpse. Additionally, the old man was paralyzed and often told the child that he was "not long for this world" (9). While the narrator awaited the Reverend’s death, news of the event startled him: I knew that I was unde ...