Ep. 57 - Full fathom five thy father lies.
The end is nigh.
Kelly and Dermot discuss in the depth the drowning motif of “Proteus”. Other topics include The Tempest and Ariel’s Song, the wily nature of the sea, Stephen’s estrangement from his father Simon, the role of alcohol in the lives of Ulysses characters, quitting alcohol, rising corpses, sea change, porpoises, the ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth, spongy titbits, Stephen’s connection to a corpse, looking for a way out of a suffocating home life, why Buck Mulligan is a terrible friend, Stephen’s fear of failure and of becoming his father, Stephen’s guilt at abandoning his sisters, the mentality of a bucket of crabs, and why Dermot thinks the Dedalus family would have been great on The Jerry Springer Show.
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Act I Scene i, The Tempest, George Romney, 1797
Further Reading:
Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y2qpjk4g
Edmundsen, M. (2009). ‘‘Love’s Bitter Mystery’’: Stephen Dedalus, drowning, and the burden of guilt in Ulysses. English Studies, 90 (5), 545-556. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/1856145/_Loves_Bitter_Mystery_Stephen_Dedalus_Drowning_and_the_Burden_of_Guilt_in_Ulysses_
Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.
Igrutinović, D. (2013). The snotgreen sea: Water as metaphor in Joyce’s Ulysses. Linguistics and Literature, 11 (1), 55-66. Retrieved from http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/lal/lal201301/lal201301-06.pdf
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yy6hq4x3