Ulysses Mollys Monologue and Main Features of the

Ulysses Molly’s Monologue and Main Features of the Work

Understanding the text The text can be divided into 6 parts: House Decoration Molly’s Love for Nature Molly’s Point of View on Atheism Her Relationship with Bloom and how she liked him, - Memories of her Adolescence in Gibraltar - Memories of her Romance in Gibraltar • -

Narrative techniques - Departure from traditional narrative conventions: • interior monologue stream of consciousness • the narrator is non-existent • lack of punctuation • lack of syntax

Coherence • Association / Juxtaposition of Ideas (flowers) • Reference to Specific Details (names of people and places) • Semantic Tags

Molly Bloom • • • A Singer Her Attitude to Life: Positive Warm Sensual Nature sight hearing taste

Molly vs Penelope Molly Unfaithful Sensual Nature disrespect of marriage bonds Modern, independent she does not need a man to get to self-realization Penelope Faithful Supreme and long lasting respect for marriage bonds More traditional woman she keeps waiting because she feels her world is incomplete without Ulysses

Ulysses: General Features • The Plot • The Relation to Odyssey: - on the characters’ level Bloom Ulysses Stephen Telemachus Molly Penelope - the organization

• • • The Setting (Dublin) The Mythical Method: Psychology + Ethnology + Anthropology The Representation of Human Nature Pure Intellect vs Sensual Nature Stephen Leopold • A Revolutionary Prose Molly