Araby and The Dead

Burak Sahin Sahin 1 English 212 Professor Newman EPIPHANY IN ARABY AND THE DEAD The readings "Araby" and "The Dead" are two stories from the story collection called The Dubliners written by James Joyce. The first story, "Araby", revolves around a boy's romantic fantasies and love, and ends up with the boy's sudden realization of the futility of his fantasies. Similar to the situation of the boy in "Araby", a young married literature teacher, Gabriel Conroy, suddenly …

…from anyone, even the dead. Whereas the young boy at the end of "Araby" becomes aware that he is in the darkness and he could not get out, Gabriel, on the other hand, seems realized his errors therefore determined to find a way out of it. Sahin 8 Work Cited Joyce, James. "Araby." Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M. H. Abrams, and Stephen Greenblatt. New York: Norton & Company, Inc. 2000. 2236-2240. ---. "The Dead." New York. 2000.