Araby

The speaker in "Araby" describes the dead-end street as "blind" to symbolize the narrow, isolated lives of its residents, reflecting the broader theme of paralysis in Dubliners. This "blindness"...

Notable quotes from "Araby" by James Joyce include: "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger" and "Her name...

Joyce's prose, here and in other stories from Dubliners, is both understated and detailed. We are given much physical information about the surroundings, the "ever-changing violet" quality of "the...

Realism in "Araby" is evident through its setting, characters, and themes. The setting is described as a dark, musty neighborhood in Dublin, reflecting realistic conditions of the early 1900s....

The narrator's daily life in "Araby" is marked by the drabness of lower-middle-class Dublin, characterized by crowded streets and poverty. He seeks escape by romanticizing Mangan's sister and the...