James Joyce's "Araby" Symbol and Setting
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James Joyce's short story titled "Araby" tells how an unnamed young man encounters barriers to the realization of a fantasy and as a result recognizes the limitations that are likely to be imposed on his adult life. The question addressed in this essay is how Joyce uses a combination of symbolism and setting to evoke the ordinary nature of the narrator's life and the fixation of his fantasy - a mystical bazaar called "Araby" which is the object of his fascination and from which he finds himself virtually excluded. Just as the young man finally achieves entry to the bazaar, he realizes that he is "a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger" (Joyce, 4). There are two distinct and discrete settin
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