Evil Portraits

In James Joyce's novel The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man the idea that evil is attractive is very profound. The main character Stephen must decide between his religious upbringings or to bercome an artidt, his dream. Ultimately through the stream of conciousness that the reader witness Stephen follws his dreams an becomes as artidt. Stephen is attracted to the evils such as prositiues. He falls into the trap un\til he realizes what the future holds for him. This coming of age story allows evil to turn into thye realization of expectations of happiness and success.