This reminds me of the first sentence of "Araby": "NORTH RICHMOND STREET, being blind, was a quiet street..." Maria playing the divination game blindfolded implies that the dubliners are mentally blind

Description of Polly's thoughts lays the ground for her epiphany in the end "Then she remembered what she had been waiting for." It is unclear what she realizes in the end, but it is not as important as the process of epiphany itself in Joyce's idea.

This is an excellent comparison here because Mrs. Mooney is the daughter of a butcher and ran a butcher's shop before. She is literally a butcher with a butcher's style dealing with moral issues: she separated with her husband immediately and did not give him anything. It is normal that she will maximize the profit from her daughter's marriage as she did so from her own marriage.

It is interesting to see Mr. Doran's thought here. He just thought about his confession to the priest about the affair. Is he worried that the priest could have disclosed his secrets?

Again, her mind was "paralyzed" when making important decisions, which is something happening over and over in The Dubliners. For example, in An Encounter, the boy could not make up his mind to run away from the creepy old man.

A sudden transition in space and time. The narrator asked for permission to got to the bazaar and suddenly went into school class. This sense of broken spacetime is one character of "stream of consciousness".

The other people in the "we" are not mentioned in the entire short story. Joyce puts a lot of characters in this short story so every character only has ambiguous and incomplete information . Here some characters do not even have names.

The use of "magnetised" here vividly depicted the old man's pattern of speech. It also reflects that the narrator was a well-behaved kid in school, unlike the kids in the "national schools" who often get whipped or Mahony. In fact, the contrast between "me" and Mahony strengthened this reflection.

Green is used intensively in this short story. There is the Norwegian sailor with green eyes, the green field, the greenish suit, and here a pair of bottle-green eyes.

In my opinion, the old man was not wearing a greenish suit, but rather a purely black one. The kids were in a field and the narrator was chewing one of the green stems. It could be the case that the old man, who was in a black suit, appeared greenish when walking in the field and approaching the kids.

Joyce seems to like putting elements from mathematics in his works. He referred the "Ithaca" episode of Ulysses as a "mathematical catechism" in his letter. Maybe he found some connections between geometry and Catechism as he was a very knowledgeable writer.

This paragraph is just an example of the richness of emotions in this short story (two exclamation marks and two question marks). I wonder if emotions can be studied by counting all exclamation marks or question marks in a text (Katherine Mansfield definitely instills rich emotions to her short stories).

This paragraph is a sudden transition into Leila's thoughts as she recalled her experience learning to dance at boarding school. This kind of sudden transition to Leila's memory occurs a lot in this story, including her memory of peaceful nights in the countryside. The function is to reflect how unusual Leila's first ball turns out to be.

This is suggestive of of the old man's rich experience attending balls. The questions the man asked implies the man's awareness that it is Leila's first ball at this point since he did not see Leila before in any ball he attended.

"New" means that Isabel changed a lot compared to her in the old times. As the following paragraphs suggest, William was certainly not satisfied with the "new" character that his wife had turned into. "New" is also used at the end of the story to describe the new way Isabel laughed. All of these imply that their love vanished.

As a side note, this story took place in the city of Monte Carlo, the center of the gambling industry. The "black-and-gold" here implies the extravagant lifestyles in the city in addition to what the city looked like at night.

The short story also reflects the growth of Con and Jug in a way that they grow more and more independent after losing their father. When their father was alive, they always asked for permission for whatever they want to do. Now they can handle a lot of things at home.

This is a figuratively way of depicting the feeling Josephine had in the room. On last page "she almost expected a snowflake to fall" describes Constantia's feeling regarding the coldness and whiteness in the room. The combination of coldness and whiteness turns cold air into "snowflakes.

This incomplete statement echoes with the lyrics "This life is weary" that Jose sang in the middle of the story. This incomplete sentence also leaves a blank for the reader to fill in according to their feelings.

Betteredge seems to have a religious faith in the Robinson Crusoe. By "converting", Betteredge is satisfied that more people can appreciate and join his religious faith in the book

This echos with the ending of the narrative by Mr. Jennings, where he ended with "I have seen a little sunshine - I have had a happy time." This implies that Mr. Jennings died upon seeing the sunrise. Another thing is that when Mr. Jennings first talked with Mr. Blake along the way, the weather turned from sunny to cloudy quickly.

I think the author intends to do a comparison between different scientific methods. Mr. Jennings holds the view that a conclusion can be made if a repeated experiment is made in similar situations, and Mr. Betteredge insists that no conclusion can be made if there is any difference in the repeated experiment.

This paragraph resonates with the conclusion made by Mr. Jennings regarding the delirium. Mr. Candy's mind still worked properly regardless of delirium. More generally, as science flourished in the Victorian age, it could be the case that it serves as an important clue in detective novels at that time

The French side of Mr. Blake, as he characterizes his own logical arguments, takes the dominant place in his mind. Maybe there is a quantitative indicator for him switching among his German, French, and English side.

Every time an important event/clue happens in the Moonstone, there is some description of the environment surrounding the characters. The sentences here are reminiscent of the weather of the day when Rosanna Spearman committed suicide.

As always, color is a great indicator of the character's emotion. The gradual change in color corresponds to the change in emotion/mood. Analyzing color helps grab the emotion (it seems the deeper the color is, the stronger the emotion in this case).

Miss Clack's thought after Mr. Bruff's statement that she did not have the slightest pecuniary interest in Chapter III turns out to be self-comfort. It was not her true thought that she would have rejected a little legacy so that no enemies could have doubted her motive.

A contrast with Miss Clack's attitude to Penelope when they first met at the same place. Differences in people's social status (money) change Miss Clack's impressions, though Miss Clack describes herself as a Christian who criticizes greed for money.

Detectives are masters of psychology. By not accepting Mrs. Verinder's money, Sergeant Cuff tries to make Mrs. Verinder feels that she owes him a favor, and therefore decreases the possibility that he will get fired.

The description of the environment (terrible weather near the shore, which is Rosanna's favorite place) implies something bad is about to happen (Rosanna's death).

It seems Sergeant Cuff is sarcastic of the person who stole the diamond as thieves cannot earn their money honestly and easily, too

Their argument on roses appear a lot while Sergeant Cuff was investigating this case. Personally, I think roses here are metaphors of main characters (white moss rose to ?, dog-rose to ?)

This could serve as a contrast with Colonel Herncastle invaded an Indian armory and stole the Moonstone illegally in the family letter.

"Something" implies there are some secrets underlying the quicksand. This could prepare the readers for the sudden appearance of Mr. Franklin thereafter.

The story of Robinson Crusoe, an 18th century adventurer, is an icon of colonization (Robinson saved Friday and employed him as a servant), resonating with the event of British invading India (including the siege of Seringapatam in 1799) in this novel.