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    The document analyzes James Joyce's short story "Araby". It summarizes the key characters, including the hopeful yet confused narrator and his love interest Mangan's sister. It outlines the major themes of alienation, blindness, and religion. It also provides a detailed plot summary, identifying the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Additionally, it discusses the 19th century Dublin setting and the internal and external conflicts faced by the narrator regarding his unrequited love.

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    The document analyzes James Joyce's short story "Araby". It summarizes the key characters, including the hopeful yet confused narrator and his love interest Mangan's sister. It outlines the major themes of alienation, blindness, and religion. It also provides a detailed plot summary, identifying the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Additionally, it discusses the 19th century Dublin setting and the internal and external conflicts faced by the narrator regarding his unrequited love.

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    The document analyzes James Joyce's short story "Araby". It summarizes the key characters, including the hopeful yet confused narrator and his love interest Mangan's sister. It outlines the major themes of alienation, blindness, and religion. It also provides a detailed plot summary, identifying the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Additionally, it discusses the 19th century Dublin setting and the internal and external conflicts faced by the narrator regarding his unrequited love.

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    Name : Rosyi Zakaria Class : BS

    NIM : 15320159 Subject : Literary Theory

    Analysis of Araby

    The story is created by James Joyce

    A. Characters and characterization

    1. The narrator (important character)


     Hopeful, confused, shy, withdraw, persistent
    2. Mangan’s sister (important character)
     Responsible, mature
     Makes the narrator commit to do something that he would not have done
    3. Mangan (minor character)
     Narrator’s friend
    4. The narrator’s uncle (important character)
     Irresponsible, forgetful, alcoholic
    5. The narrator’s aunt (important character)
     Calm, loving, thoughtful
     Mother figure for the narrator

    B. Themes

    1. Alenation and loniness


     The narrator is isolated
     The boy tells no one about his feeling to Mangan’s sister
    2. Blindness
     “North Richmond Street” is described as “being blind”.
    3. God and religion
     Mangan’s sister as sees as the virgin Mary
    C. Plot

    1. Exposition
     The exposition of “Araby” is when we learn the narrator is infatuated with
    Mangan’s sister. “Every morning I lay on the floor in the front of parlour
    watching her door. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of she sash so
    that I could not be seen when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped”.

    2. Rising action
     The rising action is when Mangan’s sister talks to the narrator. “At last she
    spoke to me. When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that
    I did not know what to answer. She asked me was I going to Araby. I forgot
    whether I answered yes or no. It would be a splendid bazaar; she said she
    would love to go”.

    3. Climax
     The climax is when the narrator says he is going to the araby and that he will
    get Mangan’s sister something there sisnce she cannot go. “ ‘If I go,' I said, `I
    will bring you something’ ”.

    4. Falling action
     The falling action is when the narrator could not find any open stalls in the
    Araby. “Nearly all the stalls were closed and the greater part of the hall was in
    darkness. I recognized a silence like that which pervades a church after a
    service. I walked into the centre of the bazaar timidly”.

    5. Resolution
     The resolution in “Araby” was that he did not get Mangan’s sister something.
    “Observing me, the young lady came over and asked me did I wish to buy
    anything. The tone of her voice was not encouraging; she seemed to have
    spoken to me out of a sense of duty. I looked humbly at the great jars that
    stood like eastern guards at either side of the dark entrance to the stall and
    murmured: `No, thank you’ “.

    D. Setting

    1. Time : Dublin in the 19th Century, night, morning


    2. Place : The narrator’s house, the city, in Araby (bazaar), North Richmond
    Street
    3. Condition : Poverty in Dublin (the narrator’s town)

    E. Conflict

    1. Main conflict : Unrequited love between the boy and the Mangan’s sister
    2. External conflict : Catholism causes him to not act on his emotions
    3. Internal conflict : He feels inferior at his young age, British people are at bazaar
    and they intimidate and judge him

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