No More Learning

Ea<:h part opens with. limple altcrnaring examination of II by)( In """h there i. a S<<rinn CtlJIC<:rntd with (;JII polarity, . hough in the second pan I: and A are chicll. y ",presented by the tie<: and '<<Inc (S03-~6-505. 31). In both pans II is an u _partici_ pant al the Wake (49? . 01-); S'+'9-2r) and thus informed about
"''''''' 0'000",. _, (<</. ), AmwI. o <Jrio. K " '_ <>I hoJ. . . d, by to. F _ M. ". . . , (Dublin, H~""" Smido " )<J I, "9-"_
. . , . D ? M " " , . : n . . H i " " " , ' " ,~. c . - y <>I v . u ; " . <1. 4"
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? ? m. In the KOODd pUt, pr. --d for ""mils, he rev". ,l. tht point of nr. . . aurrccti<m: '\uolf! \ana IIW, Ii. . . , if be waUl't ooantina; his a. lk\lb body b8c1r. ' Cst6. ? S- ,6). Conjoino;d m <he wU. t is th~ 'c-pic I,maik'ofmandhi,_ibnlwhichben:odI=sfrom I. ? :IC art . pin the judgn. Vlrious pa. . . Ueb an: ob"ious in boIh "'. - ,ions: if ! he: . . saul. on m tquall tht . . . . . . ination of Brian Boru by the Vikina Brodir at the Baule of OonlMf we an rompart oh. O) wilh "7. 05 to lOme pllrpoa. c. " agr~ that the eVCOtl dc-
ICrlbtd by lCoe<:urt"cl ("7. 01-519. 1): they then refu. e 10 belle", him. They hive dcdue<:d lhat if there WAI plenty of . . . in, It "
As in the fiJ$' part of III. ) fllrther voices ;aut from I\, who dilcbimJruponSibilityfortheopinionstheyprnMI. We'CCOj:- nille Sylvia SilmO! ' of 06'. 01-1 1 eI '2J. ~ She is followed by TlTlde Tom (523. 11'"S15. 05J, HOllY ("S. ll-6), . . . (531. 02- 518. 1J),? (530. 13-4),K(j30. )6-n? . ,6Jandofc:oun. o:m(nuI6- 554. 08). In Ihi. fmal m elch " ICfln. to fade away inoolUtqucmly.
In c:oncludingwcmlY nole d Ull lO m e of the C'lenU in book II I proceed forwarda, "th~ backwlrda. Wc Jh,aUfind IILaI the Illltr procnl il mar. important. Theff is. currenl oCincra, ina Co",," runnin, forwards throush boot I and a currc. " of increu. ina ,,- M I l running backwardll Ihm"'" book III. In book II thnc: Curren. mtf:L
I.
~'. Ol, he . hould I"lO'l olio ha"c a",,,d II 501. 1) thai
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the moon was shinin, (j 19. ? 8-1S). " obliges rhem. by Iweorina that. U hi. . . . . io;l. . . ,,,. up 10 lhe prU<:n1 1La, bt<:n fab<: (51O. 18-H).
? Chapter 4 -t I- 0
The Mirror and the Rainbow
The H(JUs, by ,Iu Churchyard, ? pOrtr'lli. of old Chapc]iZO<! by Joseph Sheridan 1. <: Fanu, i. fuqueotly utilized in FW. A fntgmem of . ong appeao amongst its pages, sung by ,he tenor IXv. r<:ux 10 the hemin. Lilia"
And me smiled upon the . . ream, LiU one who smiles at folly,
A d",amer on a dr<:am.
The mirT<>! ' i? ? vehicle of ab. traction. Impermeable to . ounds, omeU. and physical contag;,. , the specular unive= rerna;", inert, clinical, indiff. . ,. "". h' corporeal ;nocttl. ihiHry allies i1 to the
drC:lmworld; ilS countl. . , facct! , each n divisible", its material compl=tnt, fa. cinate in=. . ntly by the pttcision with which . hey comTadic? . "lb. motivalion> di<,ingui. hing C and A can be rationalized verbally, hut the remale . pHI i. too ahsolute for thi? . A. -I S"'re$ into rhe riv<:' she can see nothing bullate. . . . l invet1ion.
Nt) ohsecver can okrive hOI polaritie. from . . speCific influence, for they are simultaneously all difforenc. . and no differe,",? .
-I calls her reflCCtion 'nur# Madge. my Unkingclas. girl. . . . I conhor Sosy becau", . he'uosiety for rru: and she saY$ souy while I say I<Issy and $he saY" will you have oome mor< scorns while
[ oay won't y<>n take a few more schools and. ru: "'Ito. ahout ithel dear while I simply nevcr talk abon. arne! darling' (4$9. 04-'4).
Mr Atherton observes:
T ooppose rne identity ofoppnsites which causes a fusion ofoppns . . . cters Joyce ",to a tendency on the part of allhischarae! 'n10splitupinlotwO part. _The chiefoQurce for thi. has al,. . ,ady been pointed out by Adaline Gla. heen.
II is Th. n;"o. u. rirm oj a l'ers<mai;,y by Morton Prince, a . . . urologist who had as patient in SolIton, Mass. , a young
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The Sigla of F;tm<gans Wak.
wornanwhrunhccalls 'Mill Christine L Beo. ud. . . . np', and who was one of the most famous ell''' of multiple per- sonality. . . . It is also noces. ary to remornber that these cases of what is now called dis~i. ated personality would not long ago have been described a. demonic possession. . . . But it is not usual in the Wa~. for women to be pos? . . . . . ed by devil,. This i, a thing which happen. 10 men while women oimply split up inlO pam. '
One migh' fault this distinc'ion on the ba$i, of 1. 8, whert I: and A:are givenfemak attribu'. " bu, then 1. 8 i. pre. :ed<:d by the atypi<:al conncctinn ofa male entity, 1:, with a mir. . . ". . Justi"" tell,
Merci"" 'you have become of twosome twiminds . . . Look! Do you sec your di. al in the rocl<inggla. . ? . . . Sh! Shem, you arc. Sh!
You are mad! ' (188. 14-t93. zS). We might infer that during the mbsequent speech, Mercius gaz<< into the mirror and hi, voice becom<< ,ha,of the washe"""man in ~onsequrntt. But can the 'blackwa,chW<)lnen, all in whit. e' (379. 33) be related to -t and her reflection? ~86. '3- ' ~ ttnainly equate. 'laundresses' and 'maggie,'. The aC\X>un' on ~08. 19-509_03 of 'the subligate ,iste. . . , p, and Q, . . . the prettiest pickl. . of unmatchemahle mu,e ant. . I ever bopecped at . ,. whi. . in black arpisu' containt 'he query 'Where do you ad ,hat wash;' Lateral inv. . sion i. con'picuou. here, in paired drawe. ,. (Italian, mmatitk) and in the letters p and q which were exchanged in tbe linguistic di""rgencc of ! he ancient Welsb and I",h. ' PerhaPl' we c. n now understand tbe evolulion of tbe sig! wn J. inlO. WO separa,e ';gla -t and 1-.
Originally, in Mareh '9'4, Joyce defined J. OJ 'b"jde', wbut. e tbe name I. ,y. In 1927 he labelled 1. 6. . 0'~ : here Iso/d. 1a &lIe COmments on h. . ri"ol hold. Hlancbemain. 'that ber blanches
rnoinget may ro! leprou. olf her whatever winking maggi. I' ll bet by your cu' you go fteunin. g af. er wi. h all the gla. . on ber and t1u: jump. in her 1I0000ewhere! Haha! I suspected she was! Sink her! May they fire ber for a barren ewe! ' (143. ,H-3).
We con a. sociate 'maggi,' with the reflection 'n,,"e Madge', tho recipienl of the letter from Boston, beginning 'Ikar Mam
. , . H o w a r e y o u , M a W ? ' ( . , 1 -0 9 - ; ( 0 ) . I n I l l . l - t h a n d . A ? l e t t e r , t. elling him '0 btar it with him and to think of the sender, not lu:r sister Maggy (4S7. :;4-4SS. IO). Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
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The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i.