LITERARY TECHNIQUES

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STYLE

CONFLICT

1) What limitations are imposed on the boy's first adolescent love? What insuperable forces stand against him? What is the basic conflict of the story?

2) Who are the ‘throng of foes'?

3) Does the boy conform to the reality or is he trying to run against the tide? Is the boy's rebellion violent or gentle?

4) Comment on the juxtaposition of anger and anguish, anger and vanity at the end of the story. Do you think the boy's search for escape will stop here?

1) Consider the sentence ‘Out shouts echoed in the silent street'. Which of the words carries the weight? Does the sentence emphasize the idea of noise or silence? What stylistic device reinforces the emphasis?

2) What stylistic devices aim at depicting the streets and houses as allies of the Dublin society in the following:

· houses gazed … with imperturbable faces

· the air was pitilessly raw

· house…detached from its neighbours

· lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns

· the cold air stung us?

3) Identify similes in the passsages rendering the boy's thoughts. Do they characterize him as :

- imaginative

- poetic

- romantic

- creative

- naive ?

4) Name the stylistic devices adding to the passionate and bitter intensity of the closing sentence.

1) The boy's feeling is both named and implied. What facts or details suggest the idea of adolescent love? What details of the girl's appearance recur? What is the effect of the recurrence?

2) Consider the way the uncle's entry is described.

· What details create the atmosphere of the boy's ‘vivid waiting'? Pick out sentences and phrases with the implication of his emotional state.

· What physical state of the uncle is implied? What had been the reason for his coming late? Disclose the meaning of the sentence I could interpret these sighs.

3) How does the author prepare the reader for the failure of the boy's venture? At which point of the story do we begin to feel that it is inevitable? What semantic repetitions in the passage about his journey emphasize the idea that

- it was too late

- the boy was impatient?

4) The story is supposed to be crammed with necessary, significant details. Pick out the details intended to carry weight and comment on their contribution towards the total effect.

5) The passage contains a number of religious references. Underline them.

6) What is the role of the numerous cultural references in the story? Why is the name ‘Araby', suggesting the idea of far-off land, used as a title?

7) Which of the following can be considered the dominant technique in this story:

· explicit characteristics and open statements

· implications of facts and feelings

· creation of the atmosphere?