Question

Read this excerpt from james joyce's "araby."

"north richmond street,being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the christian brothers' school set the boys free. an uninhabited house of two stories stood at the blind end, lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces."

which mood is created by the description of the house at the end of the block?
darkness
dread
isolation
warmth

Answer 1

Answer: C) Isolation.

Explanation: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. We can also say that the mood is the emotional setting of the piece or its atmosphere. In the given excerpt from James Joyce's "Araby" we can see that the description of the house at the end of the block creates a mood of isolation, because it is uninhabited and it stood at the blind end.

Answer 2

It evokes a calm sort of impenetrable-ness, I would say isolation, from the characters part.