Back to Content 4,05 Quiz Archetypes Allusions and Source
Read these excerpis.
excerpt from "Araby" by James Joyce
The wild garden behind the house contained a central
apple-tree and a few straggling bushes, under one of
which I found the late tenant's rusty bicycle-pump.
excerpt from "Genesis 2.9" from the Bible
Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete
version of this story.
Which phrase best explains how Joyce's allusion to
the passage from Genesis - particularly his
association between the tree in the boy's back garden
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the
Bible - impacts "Araby"?
The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of
the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and
good for food. In the middle of the garden were the
tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil.
It emphasizes the theme that people must
confront and overcome problems posed
by the natural world.
It adds a sense of mystery to the story and
a level of uncertainty about the main
character's goal.
It suggests the idea that the main
character learns a hard lesson in the story.
It indicates that the story is set in a place
where loss and death are constant
presences.