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        <title><![CDATA[This questions has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-setting-50869</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:03:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the setting of &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the setting of &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:02:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Araby,&quot; how can we relate the use of word...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/how-can-we-relate-use-word-quot-blind-quot-for-45889</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Araby,&quot; how can we relate the use of word &quot;blind&quot; for a dead end street to the boy's situation as expressed at the end of the story ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:00:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It may be a matter of opinion that Mangan's sister represents Ireland,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/why-magans-sister-viewed-symbol-ireland-story-42645</link>
        <description><![CDATA[It may be a matter of opinion that Mangan's sister represents Ireland, but knowing Joyce, it seems quite safe to make this interpretation.  The personification of Ireland is a persistent theme in Joyce's works.  Notice that the boy has never really known Mangan's sister.  This alone is worthy symbolism of an idealized Ireland, the only Ireland that a person of the boy's generation can know.  Driving the plot of the story is a seemingly...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:04:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Mangan's sister viewed as a symbol of Ireland in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/why-magans-sister-viewed-symbol-ireland-story-42645</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why is Mangan's sister viewed as a symbol of Ireland in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:55:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Examples of realism include the setting, the characters, and the themes...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-some-examples-realism-araby-42187</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Examples of realism include the setting, the characters, and the themes of the story.  Joyce was very much a &quot;realist&quot; writer.  The setting of the story is a dark and dank neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland.  The houses are similar and box-ish.  The story most likely takes place in the early 1900's.  It is a very realistic setting, as many neighborhoods in Dublin were like this.The characters were also very realistic. The narrator...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:51:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some examples of realism in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-some-examples-realism-araby-42187</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are some examples of realism in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:52:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Naturalism contains the view that man if often controlled by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Naturalism contains the view that man if often controlled by circumstances he cannot control. In "Araby", there are three obstacles the narrator must overcome over which he has little control. The first is  his uncle's lateness. The narrator has no control over his uncle and is afraid he will never get to the bazaar. Secondly, the train is delayed, which makes the narrator even more nervous. To make matters worse, once the narrator reacher the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:09:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some examples of naturalism in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-some-examples-naturalism-araby-41881</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are some examples of naturalism in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:19:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The major allusion in "Araby" is to the Fall of Man or in literary...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-some-general-allusions-araby-41719</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The major allusion in "Araby" is to the Fall of Man or in literary language, "loss of innocence. A young boys promises to buy a girl something valuable from a bazaar called "Araby". When he gets to the bazaar, he finds its an ugly place and he is disappointed in himself and realizes the girl probably never cared for him in the first place. His eyes fill with tears as it dawns on him that he's made all this effort for nothing. One Biblical...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:17:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some general allusions in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/what-some-general-allusions-araby-41719</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are some general allusions in &quot;Araby&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:31:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To begin, the story's setting is very dark and depressing.  The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/story-begins-ends-with-references-blindness-38299</link>
        <description><![CDATA[To begin, the story's setting is very dark and depressing.  The neighborhood is portrayed as one that is constricting.  The homes are dark and close together, for example.  Immediately, then, the setting affects the dark mood of the story.The references to blindness become very important and apparent by the end of the story.  The narrator has been blind to what he has been doing (wasting time fawning over a girl, and one he will never be able...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:38:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;Araby&quot; begins and ends with references to blindness and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Araby&quot; begins and ends with references to blindness and darkness. How do these images pull the story together? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:24:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One can also look at the epiphany from a religious standpoint. Mangan's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One can also look at the epiphany from a religious standpoint. Mangan's sister can be viewed as an angelic or Virgin Mary figure in the story. Think back to the interaction between her and the narrator in the eighth paragraph. Light is falling from above to illuminate her head neck and shoulder in a halo-like fashion. She also attends a catholic school, wears a long, brown dress, and the boy 'prays' to her in his exclamations of &quot;O,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:21:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I believe the distance in the narrator is due to the fact that he is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I believe the distance in the narrator is due to the fact that he is unhappy with his life in general, even before he has a crush on Mangan's sister.  The entire story is one that is heavy and dark.  The neighborhood the narrator lives in is dark, unattractive, and stale.  It is an oppressive setting.  Because of this, the narrator is detached from the others in many ways.    ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:37:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator creates distance between himself and everyone else in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator creates distance between himself and everyone else in the story.  He even creates distance between the object of his affection and himself in that he only ever refers to her as &quot;Mangan's sister.&quot;  He does not talk to his friends or his uncle and aunt about his crush.  He is experiencing and analyzing the experience in complete isolation.  Thus, when he comes to the embarassing conclusion that he has been confusing...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:04:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Araby,&quot; how does the distance of the narrator in the story...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Araby,&quot; how does the distance of the narrator in the story serve to explain the narrator's harsh judgments on himself?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:47:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[James Joyce is famous for creating characters who undergo an...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[James Joyce is famous for creating characters who undergo an epiphany—a sudden moment of insight—and the narrator of "Araby" is one of his best examples At the end of the story, the boy overhears a trite conversation between an English girl working at the bazaar and two young men, and he suddenly realizes that he has been confusing things. It dawns on him that the bazaar, which he thought would be so exotic and exciting, is really only a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:19:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What exactly is the &quot;epiphany&quot; in &quot;Araby&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What exactly is the &quot;epiphany&quot; in &quot;Araby&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the beginning of the story, the narrator mentions that a former...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/araby/q-and-a/yellowed-pages-what-importance-this-how-does-29839</link>
        <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the story, the narrator mentions that a former tenant of his family's house, a priest,  had left three books. The third book was the "Memoir of Vidocq", the memoirs of a French policeman and master of disguise. The boy says he liked this book the best because its "leaves were yellow". He was probably attracted to the book for two reasons. First it looked old and mysterious and secondly, it contained the kind of story which...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:36:23 PST</pubDate>
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