Question

In James Joyce's "Araby," the narrator uses light and dark imagery to set the tone and mood of the story and also to describe the nature of life on the street on which he lived. Which word from this excerpt indicates the street’s dead-end location and its dullness? 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 storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Araby is a short story by JAMES Joyce that explores themes of disillusionment, longing and the loss of innocence.

"Gazing up into the darkness, I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger" reflects the contrast between idealized fantasies and harsh realities of life, emphasizing the boy's growing awareness of the limitations and disappointment that come with adulthood hence indicating the street's dead-end dullness and location.