Araby

by

James Joyce

Mangan’s Sister Character Analysis

The older sister of the narrator’s friend, Mangan. The narrator has a powerful crush on her. She routinely interrupts the boys playing in the street when she comes outside to call her brother in for tea. She belongs to a convent and takes interest in the Araby bazaar, which is what sparks the narrator’s interest in it. There is no indication that she is aware of the narrator’s infatuation with her.

Mangan’s Sister Quotes in Araby

The Araby quotes below are all either spoken by Mangan’s Sister or refer to Mangan’s Sister. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Araby Quotes

Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance. … We walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs’ cheeks, the nasal chanting of street-singers, who sang a come-all-you about O’Donovan Rossa, or a ballad about the troubles in our native land.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 22-23
Explanation and Analysis:

These noises converged in a single sensation of life for me: I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes. Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 23
Explanation and Analysis:

The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested there and, falling, lit up the hand upon the railing. It fell over one side of her dress and caught the white border of a petticoat, just visible as she stood at ease.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Symbols: Light and Darkness
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 24
Explanation and Analysis:

From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Symbols: Light and Darkness
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 25
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mangan’s Sister Quotes in Araby

The Araby quotes below are all either spoken by Mangan’s Sister or refer to Mangan’s Sister. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Araby Quotes

Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance. … We walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys who stood on guard by the barrels of pigs’ cheeks, the nasal chanting of street-singers, who sang a come-all-you about O’Donovan Rossa, or a ballad about the troubles in our native land.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 22-23
Explanation and Analysis:

These noises converged in a single sensation of life for me: I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes. Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 23
Explanation and Analysis:

The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested there and, falling, lit up the hand upon the railing. It fell over one side of her dress and caught the white border of a petticoat, just visible as she stood at ease.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Symbols: Light and Darkness
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 24
Explanation and Analysis:

From the front window I saw my companions playing below in the street. Their cries reached me weakened and indistinct and, leaning my forehead against the cool glass, I looked over at the dark house where she lived.

Related Characters: The narrator (speaker), Mangan’s Sister
Related Symbols: Light and Darkness
Related Literary Devices:
Page Number: 25
Explanation and Analysis: