Araby Quotes
Theme: the monotony of life in Dublin
Negative impact: emotional suffering/unhappiness; lead to addiction (alcohol dependence) and destructive behavior (violence/abuse); guilt/anxiety; boredom
“Araby” missed opportunity at happiness – the uncle’s everyday responsibilities at work precludes the narrator from experiencing love and happiness sole reason why narrator experienced emotional distress (anxiety)
The narrator in “Araby” is a young male who does not have a name. Throughout the story, he refers to himself as “I.” The narrator in “Araby” is infatuated with Mangan’s sister. He watches this female character daily,
Quote: “Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind pulled down to within an inch …show more content…
But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home; they must be sought abroad” (Joyce 9).
Monotonous school routine – boredom – boys plan to skip school for a day
“Eveline”
Quote: “Home! She looked around the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from. Perhaps she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided” (Joyce 20).
Quote: “Come! All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was drawing her into them: he would drown her” (Joyce 23).
A promise that Eveline made to her mother paralyzes her from moving forward and pursuing a life of happiness with Frank (committing); change creates anxiety/stress
“Counterparts”
“The man returned to the lower office and sat down again at his desk. He Stared intently at the incomplete phrase: In no case shall the said Bernard Bodley be…and the thought how strange it was that the last three words began with the same letter. The chief clerk began to hurry Miss Parker, saying she would never have the letters typed in time for post. The man listened to the clicking of the mchine for a few minutes and then set to finish his copy. But his head was not clear and his mind wandered away to the glare and rattle of the publick-house. It was a night for hot punches. He struggled on with his copy, but
Negative impact: emotional suffering/unhappiness; lead to addiction (alcohol dependence) and destructive behavior (violence/abuse); guilt/anxiety; boredom
“Araby” missed opportunity at happiness – the uncle’s everyday responsibilities at work precludes the narrator from experiencing love and happiness sole reason why narrator experienced emotional distress (anxiety)
The narrator in “Araby” is a young male who does not have a name. Throughout the story, he refers to himself as “I.” The narrator in “Araby” is infatuated with Mangan’s sister. He watches this female character daily,
Quote: “Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. The blind pulled down to within an inch …show more content…
But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home; they must be sought abroad” (Joyce 9).
Monotonous school routine – boredom – boys plan to skip school for a day
“Eveline”
Quote: “Home! She looked around the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from. Perhaps she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided” (Joyce 20).
Quote: “Come! All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was drawing her into them: he would drown her” (Joyce 23).
A promise that Eveline made to her mother paralyzes her from moving forward and pursuing a life of happiness with Frank (committing); change creates anxiety/stress
“Counterparts”
“The man returned to the lower office and sat down again at his desk. He Stared intently at the incomplete phrase: In no case shall the said Bernard Bodley be…and the thought how strange it was that the last three words began with the same letter. The chief clerk began to hurry Miss Parker, saying she would never have the letters typed in time for post. The man listened to the clicking of the mchine for a few minutes and then set to finish his copy. But his head was not clear and his mind wandered away to the glare and rattle of the publick-house. It was a night for hot punches. He struggled on with his copy, but