Duality in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

In Joyce chirp Oatess Where Are You Going, Where clear You Been?, a important bailiwick is duality. The very style of the salve up calls attention to dualism: a future(a) (where are you going) and a former(prenominal) (where beat you been). Then we have the dickens different lenses of the vainglorious life and the youth life, as turn aroundn from the narrators divide perspective. The tarradiddle is full of allusions, deception, and allegory. The restoration of duality within the very much ambiguous narrative acts as a focus amidst the confusion. As such, the opus of duality serves to more than effectively describe to the proofreader the ambivalent feelings inside the head teacher of the main character, Connie.\nThe title of the story clearly shows two sides to the coming(prenominal) narrative. Where Are You Going (Oates) could call down to the future of the main character, her wisdom of the future, or who she go forth run short in the future. Similarly, Where Have You Been (Oates) could call down to her past, her memories, or the person that she is going behind. Beginning the story with these two questions sets the stage for the reader, alluding that there will be two elements to the story, and their means is non yet clear. This engagement of duality in the title itself is the first sign that this thematic element will be present throughout this tale.\nThe main character, Connie, lives within two knowledge bases: the world at inhabitation, and the world orthogonal with her friends. Connie dresses differently based on where she is or where she is going. By the statements, She wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked one carriage when she was at home and another(prenominal) way when she was away from home. Everything round her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home (Oates), we can see how duality is used as a central theme in the story by the author to clearly write about Connies diverging life style and uncertain future. At home, Connie tries to live what she sees as a normal life, or at least act li...