Dubliners · Character
Mr. Doran
A respectable, anxious clerk whose hand shakes at the razor as he weighs marriage against the ruin of his reputation.
supporting
First appearance: The Boarding House
As a supporting figure in Dubliners, Mr. Doran is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The anxious lodger who feels trapped into marrying Polly due to social and professional pressures.
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Mr. Doran has spent years cultivating a sober, regular life, and now finds it balanced on the edge of a scandal he cannot brazen out. He is torn between his instinct to remain free and the priest's magnified sense of…
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- Threats and faded talents
- Central protagonists and catalysts
- Frustrated workers and pub companions
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Farrington’s psychological peak occurs here as his simmering resentment and humiliation explode into a direct,…
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See Mr. Doran in The Boarding House