English-Honours-Guide

           A title is one of the important aspects of any literary work. A good title should hint at the general tone of the story or any other literary work and at the same time, it should carry a deeper meaning. For example in Pride and Prejudice , the two main characters are both guilty of pride and prejudice and must learn the errors of their ways before they can live happily ever after. At the same time the title Pride and Prejudice at once ignites the question in our mind- who is proud in the novel and who is prejudiced? We try to break into the minds of the characters to look for the answer. Thus the novel becomes psychologically interesting too thanks to the title.           James Joyce's title Araby is significant both literally and figuratively. Araby is romantic term given to the middle eastern area. Now to a teenager of any Western country, Araby or middle east is a far off land th...

SYMBOLISM IN ARABY Araby Themes And Symbols Symbolism is a great literary device. The art of implying something profound while writing or potraying something superficial is a skill that should be looked up to with respect. What Baudelaire introduced, was perfected by the writers like James Joyce and Virginia Wolf. They focused on human mind instead of giving emphasis on the story-line or characters. But potraying human mind with the help of language or words is a difficult task. Our mind, like a fluid, is always influx. Thus words became more and more inadequate to shed light on a thing that is ceaselessly changing. A symbol has no fixed meaning- it evokes a meaning. Hence the symbolic technique is adopted by such modern reconders of mind like Joyce. Joyce’s Araby , taken from Dubliners is no exception. (This Note Pertains To - Araby Meaning, Read On) Araby is, as we can say, coming of age story. It is all about the boy hero’s displacement from the worl...