# Eve — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man character guide

> Eve in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

Biblical figure referenced in religious imagery.

## Relationships

### [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_portrait_of_the_artist_as_a_young_man_se/characters/stephen_dedalus)

_psychological_

Eve is a symbolic figure from Stephen's imagination and religious reflections, representing temptation and the fall from grace in his spiritual struggles.

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