LESSON 1: MAKING THE

FAMILIAR UNFAMILIAR
Prepared by: Ms. Roann Baleza
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Show a picture of someone whom you regard as the
most beautiful woman you have personally seen
and paste it on the box.
Describe the woman in the picture, and answer the
guide questions:
Howdoes the woman in the picture make you feel?
What makes this woman really beautiful?
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1. Continuous applause
- incessant
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2. crawling pace of the

crowd
- straggling
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3. weak minded
- feeble
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4. goblet made of gold

- chalice
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4. goblet made of gold

- chalice
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5. crashed on the floor

- impinged
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6. a serene disposition
- impertubable
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7. decadent scent that

permeats
- pervades
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8. chatty workers
- garrulous
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1. Who is narrating the

story?
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1. An adolescent boy or an
older man recounting what
happened to him in his youth
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2. What was he supposed to

do?
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2. He was supposed to get a

trinket from Araby for
Mangans sister.
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3. Describe the character of

the protagonist.
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3. He is romantic. He
immerses himself in romantic
stupor every time he has a
task to accomplish.
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4. Who are the characters in

the story? Describe them.
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4. a. Mangan: an adolescent boy
about the same age as the narrator
when the story took place
b. Mangans sister: She is much older
than the boys. Her allure captivated
the narrator so much that he was
willing to travel to the shady part of
town just to get her a trinket
c. Narrators uncle: Forgot about his
promise to the narrator. To make things
worse, he recited The Arabs Farewell
to His Steed, a notoriously long poem
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5. Describe the setting of the

story. How does the setting
of the story help
characterize the protagonist?
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5. The story is set in a predominantly dark
place (blind street, abandoned house with
dark rooms, hiding in the shadows). There is a
play of light and dark in the story. Notice
that when the narrator describes Mangans
sister, she is always bathe in mysterious light.
The setting perfectly describes the narrator
as a dark romantic: a brooding sort of
romantic hides in the shadow of shyness but is
susceptible to bouts of romantic gesture.
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6. What is the importance of

the bazaar in the story?
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6. The bazaar highlights the

romantic view of the West of
the Orient.
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7. How does the protagonist

feel towards Mangans
sister?
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7. He feels like it is his divine

duty to be of service to
Mangans sister. Even her name
(which was never revealed) is
too sacred for the narrator to
speak. It gives him goosebumps
just saying her name.
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8. The story , when analyzed

with images of delays and
enclosures. How important are
these tools in the thematic
development of the story?
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9. At the end of the story, the

protagonist is described as a
creature driven and derided
by vanity. What do you think
is the reason behind this
change of attitude?
DEFAMILIARIZATION
ostranenie making strange