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Araby

Araby. James Joyce. Part 1. North Richmond Street The former tenant of his house : a charitable priest Wild garden behind the house Boys’ play. Street —— blind House —— uninhabited Priest —— died Air —— musty Bicycle-pump —— rusty Lanterns —— feeble Negative Tedious Drab.

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Araby

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  1. Araby James Joyce

  2. Part 1 • North Richmond Street • The former tenant of his house : a charitable priest • Wild garden behind the house • Boys’ play

  3. Street —— blind • House —— uninhabited • Priest —— died • Air —— musty • Bicycle-pump —— rusty • Lanterns —— feeble • Negative Tedious Drab

  4. Part 2 • When she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped • Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance. • I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: O love! O love! many times. the narrator “I” is on the brink of sexual awareness

  5. light, morning, romance, chalice, harp • ——positive, bright, romantic idealization • A turn in the plot: When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not know what to answer. She asked me if I was going to Araby. I forget whether I answered yes or no. ——If I go, I said , I will bring you something.

  6. Part 3 • I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire . • Aunt’s doubt: “hoped it was not some freemason affair” • Master’s sternness: “hoped I was not beginning to idle” • Uncle’s mindlessness: “answered me curtly”

  7. Part 4 Araby is not an ideal place – wearing-looking man, dark, silent, remembering with difficulty why I had come Epiphany (a moment of sudden and intense insight) – “creature driven and derided by vanity” “eyes burned with anguish and anger”.

  8. What is the theme of this story? • Araby is a story about a boy's first love. In the process of his seeking for his ideal love, the boy finally realized the great discrepancy between the real world and the ideal world in his mind. At last, the boy was wakened from his dream and was on his way towards maturity.

  9. Meaning of the title 1.a splendid bazaar with eastern enchantment 2. a symbol of idealized fantasy of love • The way to Araby is actually a starting to come into his sexual identity • A transformation from a boy to adolescence

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