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    Joyce’s Araby begins as a story about a young boy and his first love‚ his neighbor referred to in the story as Mangan’s sister. However‚ the young boy soon turns his innocent love and curiosity into a much more intense desire‚ transforming this female and his journey to the bazaar into something much more intense and lustful. From the beginning‚ Joyce paints a picture of the neighborhood in which the boy lives as very dark and cold. Even the rooms within his house are described as unfriendly‚ "Air

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    Imposing a legal burden upon a defendant will negate the principle of presumption of innocence. If a defendant has to prove their innocence than it would automatically and unconsciously bring up the issue that they were never considered innocent until proven guilty. The presumption of innocence was first articulated in the case of Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462‚ 461 where Viscount Sankey LC stated that: ‘Throughout the web of English criminal law one golden thread is always to be seen‚ that it

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    "Araby" Vs. "Going to the Moon" By: Heba Haidar Humans have always been curious beings. Their curiosity has brought about new experiences‚ and new knowledge that helped in the process of their evolution. Human children grow up and learn about the world by utilizing their sense of curiosity to gain new experiences in life. This curiosity that is built into us at birth is what drives us to be drawn to the unkown. "Araby"‚ by James Joyce and "Going to the moon"‚ by Nino Ricci are both short stories

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    of literature are characterized by an obvious use of dramatic irony. In her books The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth‚ she tells stories that are so different they share a similar message. The underlying themes‚ while different‚ carry a common theme of society pressures‚ expectations and love troubles. The protagonist from each novel has goals‚ hope‚ and obstacles to face. The Age of Innocence‚ a novel that takes place in New York during the 1870’s‚ centers on a wealthy upper-class couple’s

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    Essay James Joyce’s short story “Araby” and Frank O’Connor’s story “First Confession” both have a first-person narrator‚ and both stories describe a the author’s coming of age as a young boy. The way the narrator in each story crafts the coming-of-age story is somewhat different‚ although there are also some similarities in approach. This paper will discuss each story individually and then conclude with a brief summary of the similarities and differences. “Araby” is a rather gloomy story in which

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    Joyce’s story “Araby” Many times in life‚ people set unrealistic expectations for themselves or for other people. This is not a very wise thing to do because people often feel disappointed and embarrassed for getting their hopes up so high. One good example of this is the narrator in the short story “Araby” by James Joyce. In his brief but complex story James Joyce concentrates on character rather than on plot to reveal the ironies within self-deception. On its simplest level‚ "Araby" is a story

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    James Joyce’s ‘Araby’ is a short story that examines the life of people living in North Richmond Street and is described from the point of view of a child. Joyce describes the narrators awakening and sexual awareness “when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped” (1202). In Joyce’s short story gives us a hint of the nature of innocence and how it was shattered with the inability to control the situation as it unfolds. The narrator tries to find ways to satisfy his promise to the girl he cares

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    of the stories in Dubliners consists of a portrait in which Dublin contributes to the dehumanizing experience of modem life. The boy in the story "Araby" is intensely subject to the city’s dark‚ hopeless conformity‚ and his tragic yearning toward the exotic in the face of drab‚ ugly reality forms the center of the story. On its simplest level‚ "Araby" is a story about a boy’s first love. On a deeper level‚ however‚ it is a story about the world in which he lives a world inimical to ideals and dreams

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    Araby” “The story of an hour” and ’The house on Mango Street. All three of these stories share both hope and disappointment and express those feelings in various ways‚ With Araby being about a boy infatuated with a girl‚ the story of an hour is about a woman and her untimely death‚ and the house on Mango Street being about a Mexican-American girl dreaming of leaving her house and area altogether. The first story I will be discussing is Araby. The themes of hope in Araby are about the narrator‚ who

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    Analysis of the Narrator in “Araby” by James Joyce While “growing up” is generally associated with age‚ the transition from adolescence to adulthood in particular comes with more subtlety‚ in the form of experience. James Joyce’s short story “Araby” describes the emotional rollercoaster of its protagonist and narrator - a young boy in love with his best friend’s sister - caused by the prospects of a potential future with his crush. The narrator of James Joyce’s “Araby” is an innocent‚ emotionally

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