LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY IN MODERNITY
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It begins with the famous line: “North Richmond Street being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.”
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It speaks of the author’s illicit relationship with a young girl.
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It is a dramatization of the relationship between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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It is an analysis of “Exodus” from “The Holy Bible.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -In what way does the following line from James Joyce’s “Araby” contribute to the symbolism of the story? She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door. Mangan’s sister is associated with light in the story’s imagery because she is part of the narrator’s hopes for a greater life.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Araby” is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. The story traces a young boy’s infatuation with his friend’s sister.
Detailed explanation-3: -North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbors in a square ground.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the short story “Araby", James Joyce describes the North Richmond Street being “blind". The word blind dictionary meaning is sightless, or unable to see. The street being blind means the street seems like nobody lives there and quiet.