How do the thematic images of darkness and blindness relate to archetypes? "Araby" by James Joyce

One of the
definitions for is as a literary term used to express details.  In 's
"," the darkness and blindness are models of behavior of the protagonists of
Thefrom which this story comes. The blindness, for instance, represents the
self-deception of these characters and their inability to surpass the trivial, while the
darkness represents their religious servility.

Just as the boy's street
is blind (a cul-de-sac) where the houses are sombre, so,...