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in "araby," james joyce uses many archetypal images: the innocent youth, the mysterious female, and the distracted adult.

how does the distracted adult affect the meaning of the story?

he is the antagonist of the story who constantly thwarts the boy's attempts to express his feelings toward the girl.

he is an object of the main character's affection as the bumbling uncle who likes to quote poetry.

he changes the outcome of the story by making the boy regret wanting to go the market in the first place.

he creates tension in the story as the uncle who gets home late and forgets about the boy's intentions

One way that the novel differs from earlier literary works is that novelists often leave out many details associated with the setting novels only portray positive aspects of heroes and other important figures characters' personalities in novels are only revealed through dialogue readers are often able to relate better to the characters in novels

What effect is created by the plaque posted on the gate at the entrance to the family's home in nadine gordimer's "once upon a time"? the words written on the plaque offer readers a foreshadowing of the story's outcome without revealing the actual conclusion, the author's use of flashback allows readers to understand what is at the heart of the issues of encroachment in the suburban neighborhood the repetition of the words written on the plaque presents an oxymoron because readers already sense that the plaque has been ineffective in warding off intruders. the author introduces a paradox in which readers are presented with a warning notice when no actual infraction has taken place.

7. a line of symmetry divides a design so that every point on one side of the line coincides a point on the other side of it determine how many lines of symmetry each figure below has then draw all the lines of symmetry. show your work