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The document compares and contrasts James Joyce's Ulysses with Homer's Odyssey. It notes similarities in their overall structure of taking place over 24 hours/books and involving 18 episodes/incidents. It also describes similarities between the main characters - Leopold Bloom maps to Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus, and Molly Bloom to Penelope. However, it also outlines key contrasts between the works, such as Leopold Bloom being an ordinary man versus the heroic Ulysses, and Molly's unfaithfulness contrasting Penelope's fidelity. Overall, the document argues Joyce's work presents a less heroic and more chaotic modern vision than the moral, adventurous world of Homer
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- 1. SIMILARITIES: the structure JOYCE’S ULYSSES 24 hours of Bloom’s day 18 episodes A journey around Dublin HOMER’S ODYSSEY 24 books 18 incidents A journey around the Mediterranean
- 2. SIMILARITIES: the characters JOYCE’S ULYSSES Leopold Bloom Molly Bloom Stephen Dedaelus HOMER’S ODYSSEY Ulysses Penelope Telemachus
- 3. SIMILARITIES: Stephen-Telemachus (first episode called Telemachus) JOYCE’S ULYSSES • Stephen is chased from his house by his housemates who mock him and deprive him of his rights • He is homeless and fatherless HOMER’S ODYSSEY • Telemachus is forced to leave his home and he’s bullied by the Proci, his mother’s suitors • He is homeless and fatherless
- 4. SIMILARITIES: Leopold-Ulysses (sixth episode called Hades) LEOPOLD BLOOM He goes to a funeral at the cemetery and thinks about the dead people he has known ULYSSES He goes down the Underworld (Hades) and speaks to the souls of great dead heroes
- 5. SIMILARITIES (the 15th episode of Circe) LEOPOLD AND STEPHEN • They visit a brothel • They become symbolically “swine” • Bella is the brothel’s owner ULYSSES AND HIS FRIENDS • They are hosted by the mythical witch Circe • Circe turns them into swine • Circe is the island’s owner
- 6. CONTRASTS: Leopold and Ulysses JOYCE’S ULYSSES • Leopold Bloom is an ordinary human being who lives a very monotonous ordinary day in Dublin • He is like us (he works, he thinks, he accomplishes daily routines and body functions: excretion, eating, sleeping, sexual excitement) HOMER’S ODYSSEY • Ulysses is an extraordinary hero who lives a number of extraordinary exciting adventures • He is not like us: he is stronger, braver, more handsome than ordinary men • We don’t know anything about his body functions
- 7. CONTRASTS: Molly-Penelope JOYCE’S ULYSSES • Molly is not a perfect wife: unfaithful (in actions and in thoughts), fragile, unsure • Leopold is not her only man: she desires other men, she has other love affairs • She gives in to other men’s courting HOMER’S ODYSSEY • Penelope is the perfect wife: faithful, chaste, steadfast, honest, brave • Ulysses is her only man: she has not had other love affairs • She doesn’t give in to other men’s courting (Proci – suitors)
- 8. CONTRASTS: THE MEANING JOYCE’S ULYSSES • Lack of heroism of modern life • Antiheroic vision of man • Lack of values of modern life (no family values, no moral values, no religious values) • The journey is a mock- journey (in Dublin, the centre of paralysis) • No time and no space • Stephen meets Leopold in a brothel (the denial of the fatherhood value) HOMER’S ODYSSEY • A heroic world • A life based on moral values (Ithaca is the homeland, strong family ties, obedience to gods) • The journey is adventurous and great • There is a material time and a material space
- 9. unstructured and chaotic Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas andput in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep thepuzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuriesprofessors busy for centuries arguing over what I meantarguing over what I meant,"
- 10. “the thought of Ulysses is very simple ... It is only the method which is difficult”
- 11. The burst of the “biological”: excretory functionsexcretory functions heterosexual and auto-erotic formsheterosexual and auto-erotic forms menstrual cyclemenstrual cycle
- 12. In a meaningless life ... The meaning is in the body, in the female body, in the WOMBWOMB YES, I will YESYES, I will YES MollyMolly