5. Introduction
1. Telemachiad
a. 1st 3 chapters of Ulysses
2. Telemachus in Odyssey
a. Odysseus’ son
b. surrounded by suitors (usurpers)
c. waiting for father’s return
3. Setting
a. Martello tower
1) symbol of British imperialism
4. Theology: art of chapter
a. various references to the Mass
5. Shift from dialogue to internal monologue
a. use of dashes
6. Stephen Dedalus
1. His return from Paris
a. attend mother’s death
b. living w/Mulligan in Martello tower
2. Has he changed from Portrait?
3. Questions
a. why suffer Mulligan’s taunts?
b. why surrender key to
c. why will he leave tower?
4. Attitude toward Ireland
5. Attitude toward his mother
6. Father-son theme
7. Buck Mulligan
1. Modelled onOliver St. John Gogarty
2. What is he like?
a. how different from Stephen?
3. As “usurper”
a. in what sense?
4. Old Mother Grogan scene (p. 11)
a. as Ireland
b. as ocean
c. as “folk” figure (for Haines)
5. Homosexuality and
a. identified with Wilde
b. Cranly reference
c. his desire to “Hellenize” Ireland
8. Haines
1. “Sassenach” (Gaelic for colonial exploiter)
a. e.g. “Saxon”
2. Stephen’s dislike of
3. Studies Celtic revival
a. doing research from Oxford
4. Fears Jews (p. 18)
5. On imperialism: “We feel we have treated you
[Irish] rather badly; seems history is to blame”
9. Key Themes
1. Art and aesthetics
2. Celtic revival
3. Ireland as “old woman”
4. Hamlet
5. The key
a. Irish home rule
b. home vs. usurper
6. Photius and his “brood of mockers”
a. heretics and the church
7. Masculinity in crisis
8. The seal at end
9. Thalatta: our great sweet mother
a. central symbol in novel
1) for Odysseus
2) for Ireland
3) for Stephen: a symbol of death & alienation
