The name Eveline, meaning "life" in Hebrew, which is "little or little Eve" means more than just a name. James Joyce intentionally gives the name "Eveline" to this particular character in reference to her life due to her very little personal independence, limited by her father's abuse. Eveline conveys biblical relationships to Eve simply because they both have influence in the seduction of their lovers. Unfortunately, their desire for presence in paradise is interrupted by “[their] 'expulsion' [taking] the inverted form of not being able to realize [their] project of freedom. [They are] expelled from a place [that they have] never managed to reach” (Velloso Fernandes de Tolentino, par. 16). Eveline is deprived of her chance at paradise and moves to Buenos Aires with Frank, demonstrating her dislocation as a young person..