Araby Questions and Answers
What exactly is the epiphany in "Araby"?
What is the significance and importance of the quote, "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger"?
In "Araby," what does the sentence "I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes" indicate about the narrator's attitude to love?
In "Araby," what does the Araby bazaar symbolize or represent to the narrator?
What is the setting of "Araby"?
What is the central conflict in "Araby"?
Why does the protagonist in "Araby" feel "driven and derided by vanity"?
What does Mangan's sister represent to the narrator in "Araby" by James Joyce?
In "Araby," what is the significance of the uncle quoting "The Arab's Farewell to His Steed"?
What is the irony in "Araby"?
What literary devices are used in "Araby"?
What are the rising action, climax, and resolution in "Araby"?
What is the central idea of "Araby" by James Joyce? Provide quotes as evidence.
What is the mood of "Araby"?
What does the boy realize at the end of "Araby"?
What is the narrator's point of view in "Araby" by James Joyce?
Evaluate the culture presented in "Araby." What details do you notice that show this story is not taking place in the United States?
What is the main idea of "Araby" by James Joyce?
What happens at the end of "Araby"?
How is the setting of James Joyce's story "Araby" related to the boy's state of mind?
In "Araby" by James Joyce, what does Mangan's sister do to make a trip to the bazaar so important to the narrator?
How does Joyce use foreshadowing to prepare the reader for the moment of the boy's epiphany in "Araby"?
Enumerate the activities taking place at Araby. To what extent do they sustain its "magical name"?
In "Araby," how does the boy feel about the bazaar before he goes there? And what are his feelings after he has visited the bazaar?
In "Araby," how would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Mangan's sister?
What is the moral lesson of "Araby"?
How would you characterize the narrator's feeling for Mangan's sister? Why does he want to buy her a present at the bazaar?
How old is the narrator of "Araby" when he tells the story?
What does "Araby" symbolize to the boy, and how is the conflict of the story resolved when he goes there?
In James Joyce's "Araby," why are some characters unnamed?
In "Araby," to what extent do the activities taking place at Araby sustain its "magical name"?
In "Araby," how can we relate the use of word "blind" for a dead end street to the boy's situation as expressed at the end of the story?
What could be used as a thesis statement for "Araby"?
In "Araby" by James Joyce, what obstacles prevent the narrator from achieving his goal? What epiphany has the narrator experienced by the end of the story?
Why is Mangan's sister not given a name in the short story "Araby"?
In "Araby," why does the dialogue the narrator overhears at the bazaar trigger the climax of the story and the insight described in the final paragraph?
How does setting in "Araby" affect the story?
In the story "Araby," why might Joyce not mention the object of the narrator's affections until well into the story?
What does Araby symbolize for the protagonist and what is he trying to achieve?
What are patterns in the story "Araby" that show relevance to light, vision and beauty?
Why is Mangan's sister not given a name in "Araby"?
What is "Araby" and what does the boy mean by saying it cast an eastern enchantment over him?
What is the cause of the boy's late arrival at Araby?
What is the symbolic meaning of the relationship between light and dark in the story "Araby"?
In "Araby," why do you think the dead priest appears in the story?
Who are termed as having "brown imperturbable faces" in the first paragraph of "Araby" and why?
Interpret the closing passage in "Araby."
What is the search for the Holy Grail and how is it like the story?
Is there Marxism in the epiphany of "Araby"?
In "Araby," what doesn't the narrator buy for Mangan's sister?
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