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Joyce's 'Ulysses.' (James Joyce)
From: The Explicator
Date: 19950101
Author:McWilliams, Jim
The use of the word tup in James Joyce's 'Ulysses' denotes a sexual action. However, the term can also be considered as a passing allusion to the Brabantio and Desdemona characters in 'Othello.' This involves the equation of Bloom to Brabantio both as father figures and the equation of Molly to Desdemona as Bloom expresses his sympathy more with the aggrieved father rather than with the doubting husband in Shakespeare's play.
As he sits in the dining room of the Ormond Hotel in the "Sirens" episode, Leopold Bloom hears Simon Dedalus sing "All Is Lost Now," which strengthens the feelings of ...
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