We may
therefore
regard .
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
13-14).
T his
amuSCS x: wolves arc p<:rhaps now ex,i~t in Ireland.
Anention reverts to A's 'mound or barrow'. A. we ob<<rved, Ihe leKendary colonist Parthalon is a m model; accordillll to the An~al$0/'M F()u, M<1. ! ,. rl he and hi. followers were ext<"tminated by plague and butied" Tallaghl, a southwestern ""telli'e of Ihe me""polis_ Gre~n H ilt. , originally a vi llage near T alLaaft t, suggests tumuli by its name and i. conseQuently tied '" the event by '94. 35 and here by 4&0. 08. But )( suggests tMt '<"te there was
this plaguehurrow, ? ? you seem to coll it, the", wa, a buria! banell, the boatofmillion9 of yean . . . an orangeboat . . . Dnken af Dane- m<>rk 1___ Hennn I' (479-24-33)- Burial in boa. . was a Viking insti_ tution: the boat carrying the corpte would be Oct adrift, burning, as in the myth of Balder. Entire boa" were als" interred, for enmple. , Gokstad and Oscberg. 'The boat of millions of yeaTS' w"" Ihe vessel in which, according to the pries" of RIi at Helio-
polis, the sun-rod and the ! lOuis of the b! esscd travelled from
The Drama Parapolylogi( 43
? lunlnW lumi. . ",. anddearlyI'<:late. totheHennu_boatofO. iri,. But A, thinking only of the Viking dl;lgOnboats and of hi' W<llf- houndo, retorts, 'Her I;lven flag was out. ' The pirate boats of the Dublin Danes had raven flags. )( must 'till be using 'heir int. . . . . pI'<:ler, for {bey comment 'That folklore', straight from the a. . hi' mouth. '
A i. principally concerned about Ihe wolve? . VI. B. 20. 91 gives 'A named Milky becsu. . , Wolfy smacked him', which can be tied to 480. 21-32, a, can VI. B. "3. 94: 'Rohinson's . hield for W<llfcuho'. I: and A are fr"'lunuly re:prcsenu:d as Rnmulus and Remus and Ih<<e may <xi. . here: Iri. h parallels such as tho. . , of Cormac ,\U(:Ai" and Saints Ailbe and Hairre who weI'<: . uckled by W<llve. . . . A say' . hat he was . uckled by m (480. '4), which may explain his reticence over 'the man I gO in fcar of' (48t. p). X e~. ract fragmen. ary infantile anamnesis much connttted with
Patrick'. CMtf""i"(48). IS- 48S. 01), and ' espOnd contemptuously, their r<:Sponlle drawiOi on ? nOle of VI. B. S. 30:
oboeenity of rdigi'>u'
art veronica', towel butcher', apron, sacred heat! , beggars at atholic shrines <xbibh ilumps oflimb? . giveWI a
luck of your . ugarstick and I'll show you my . ore toe
Next, beginning to suspect A of fraud ('Thot'. never the postal cleric'), X make nile ofhypnotic-<'lpiritualistic lechniques (4Sti. '4- 31) to induce in bim a 'triprych vision' of Tris. . . ", hold<: and
Patrick. " They eventually draw forth part of rTf. a<<rer, conform- ing to the depravity tbey anticipated (49Ll7-'lO), but tbis is countered by tbe intruaion nf A', voice at 492. 13 to 'traverse ",me above ''''tement'. A il aorion. to lramfer the blame from her hU9- hand W one Sully, a writer of anonymous lellen and scorrilous
ballad, (495. 0'-3), but )( in,is. ma. ohe it misled (-49S. 36). Now, 'a,iring oul of her mirgery margery waler-sh<:ad~', )( ,urn_
mon new witnesses, including 0 (491. 04-499. 03) and . , (499. 04- "Si. Ii. ". W? ? ,",_II<,('><;>1,<'i,. . &>10"-(Loodoo. ,. \ktha<n,_) I,lJ3.
"I'hmzn. . . ? ? V~. . . s". . _ Hd" i . . (o. fQr~ U,"",";,y ~ '9''') I, "";;. . . <<Ii;;'''''"'''to;"this_,,,,,tho, 'th<wuIfin_ I_tid. . . . _t><t<danimal.
and _""";"<0<1 ",;,h <II< <uIl of ,he ,un: " See he""". p. '1'"
? 1
12) and PQ. . ihly even Finnegan speaking Ihrough II (499_. 6-\8): 'Your soulstothe devil, do ye think I'm dead;' This ti"",l outburst infuriates the in"estigalOrs, who abuse (h<ir mtdimn. II responds by invoking magical force. : siaLic babhle P<"SKaS? S the Ndio and
. . panicstricken strife of <<IngtIcS culminate? . 01 $OI. OS-{i: 'WL-~->
- TIt. ,. . . t . . t"eU . . . SILENCE
ThiS requirescompari""nwith014. 06. A,0'3_10 XalUlOunctd that four things in Dublin nc'er . hall fail till hcathersmoke and doudweed Eire', i. le . hall pall. lbcse four laSt things a,. . , 00rl- . peeta of m, 4, -I and CIA. They are fun listed in running print in coll. lion wi. h . he Jewish calendar, and . hen in tabular form againSt the dat. . 1132 AD, S66 AD, S66 AD and 1132 AD. At the cent,. . , of the table the word 'Silent' ItprCSrnt$ Ihe Norse Gin- nunga Gap """"rding 10014_. 6_ Now, Ihe Annals of 1M Four Mas. . ", which a,. . , mentioned ! . eVe. . . ltimes here, put . 1>( dc-Ath
of Finn Mace""",l against the year 283 ADI
The Age of Christ, 283. The oixteenth year of Dieh",. Finn, RI'\lndson of Baisgne, fen by Aichlea~h,Inn ofOuibh- d",ann, and the sonsof UirgIeann ofthe L""ighni Teamh-
raeh,. t Ath-Brea, upon the fIoinn (lJoyne]. . . . "
Now, 283 Xl = S66 and 283 x 4 - 1'32.
We may therefore regard . he silenceson 0'4 and so. . . interruptions occasioned by nrs demise. Xcall the laner gap a 'oje'ta' (sou o), and ;( il apparen. that time has passed during it. For at 481. "'1-6 X have inqui,. . ,d as 10 ITf< place and time. Was he in Oxman. town, whence in the year 1098 King William Rufu, obttintd the wood for the roof of W es. m;",,,,r Han, 'where no F. nglish spider webl>(th or breedeth 10 this day';" Was he 'He fair, Chris'? Yes, II <<plieo, 'Ikfurchl christ I' Butnn th. mhe< side of the lacuna another . ime_
check bringS th. reply 'Amnis Dominae' (SI3. 0S)_
111. 3 is thu. spht into two parts, the second including 'Haveth OIilden'. 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"
The Drama Parap"lyJogic 47
? ? 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$' part of III. ) fllrther voices ;aut from I\, who dilcbimJruponSibilityfortheopinionstheyprnMI. We'CCOj:- nille Sylvia SilmO! ' of 06'. 01-1 1 eI '2J. ~ She is followed by TlTlde Tom (523. 11'"S15. 05J, HOllY ("S. ll-6), . . . (531. 02- 518. 1J),? (530. 13-4),K(j30. )6-n? . ,6Jandofc:oun. o:m(nuI6- 554. 08). In Ihi. fmal m elch " ICfln. to fade away inoolUtqucmly.
In c:oncludingwcmlY nole d Ull lO m e of the C'lenU in book II I proceed forwarda, "th~ backwlrda. Wc Jh,aUfind IILaI the Illltr procnl il mar. important. Theff is. currenl oCincra, ina Co",," runnin, forwards throush boot I and a currc. " of increu. ina ,,- M I l running backwardll Ihm"'" book III. In book II thnc: Curren. mtf:L
I.
~'. Ol, he . hould I"lO'l olio ha"c a",,,d II 501. 1) thai
'ar<<<!
the moon was shinin, (j 19. ? 8-1S). " obliges rhem. by Iweorina that. U hi. . . . . io;l. . . ,,,. up 10 lhe prU<:n1 1La, bt<:n fab<: (51O. 18-H).
? Chapter 4 -t I- 0
The Mirror and the Rainbow
The H(JUs, by ,Iu Churchyard, ? pOrtr'lli. of old Chapc]iZO<! by Joseph Sheridan 1. <: Fanu, i. fuqueotly utilized in FW. A fntgmem of . ong appeao amongst its pages, sung by ,he tenor IXv. r<:ux 10 the hemin. Lilia"
And me smiled upon the . . ream, LiU one who smiles at folly,
A d",amer on a dr<:am.
The mirT<>! ' i? ? vehicle of ab. traction. Impermeable to . ounds, omeU. and physical contag;,. , the specular unive= rerna;", inert, clinical, indiff. . ,. "". h' corporeal ;nocttl. ihiHry allies i1 to the
drC:lmworld; ilS countl. . , facct! , each n divisible", its material compl=tnt, fa. cinate in=. . ntly by the pttcision with which . hey comTadic? . "lb. motivalion> di<,ingui. hing C and A can be rationalized verbally, hut the remale . pHI i. too ahsolute for thi? . A. -I S"'re$ into rhe riv<:' she can see nothing bullate. . . .
amuSCS x: wolves arc p<:rhaps now ex,i~t in Ireland.
Anention reverts to A's 'mound or barrow'. A. we ob<<rved, Ihe leKendary colonist Parthalon is a m model; accordillll to the An~al$0/'M F()u, M<1. ! ,. rl he and hi. followers were ext<"tminated by plague and butied" Tallaghl, a southwestern ""telli'e of Ihe me""polis_ Gre~n H ilt. , originally a vi llage near T alLaaft t, suggests tumuli by its name and i. conseQuently tied '" the event by '94. 35 and here by 4&0. 08. But )( suggests tMt '<"te there was
this plaguehurrow, ? ? you seem to coll it, the", wa, a buria! banell, the boatofmillion9 of yean . . . an orangeboat . . . Dnken af Dane- m<>rk 1___ Hennn I' (479-24-33)- Burial in boa. . was a Viking insti_ tution: the boat carrying the corpte would be Oct adrift, burning, as in the myth of Balder. Entire boa" were als" interred, for enmple. , Gokstad and Oscberg. 'The boat of millions of yeaTS' w"" Ihe vessel in which, according to the pries" of RIi at Helio-
polis, the sun-rod and the ! lOuis of the b! esscd travelled from
The Drama Parapolylogi( 43
? lunlnW lumi. . ",. anddearlyI'<:late. totheHennu_boatofO. iri,. But A, thinking only of the Viking dl;lgOnboats and of hi' W<llf- houndo, retorts, 'Her I;lven flag was out. ' The pirate boats of the Dublin Danes had raven flags. )( must 'till be using 'heir int. . . . . pI'<:ler, for {bey comment 'That folklore', straight from the a. . hi' mouth. '
A i. principally concerned about Ihe wolve? . VI. B. 20. 91 gives 'A named Milky becsu. . , Wolfy smacked him', which can be tied to 480. 21-32, a, can VI. B. "3. 94: 'Rohinson's . hield for W<llfcuho'. I: and A are fr"'lunuly re:prcsenu:d as Rnmulus and Remus and Ih<<e may <xi. . here: Iri. h parallels such as tho. . , of Cormac ,\U(:Ai" and Saints Ailbe and Hairre who weI'<: . uckled by W<llve. . . . A say' . hat he was . uckled by m (480. '4), which may explain his reticence over 'the man I gO in fcar of' (48t. p). X e~. ract fragmen. ary infantile anamnesis much connttted with
Patrick'. CMtf""i"(48). IS- 48S. 01), and ' espOnd contemptuously, their r<:Sponlle drawiOi on ? nOle of VI. B. S. 30:
oboeenity of rdigi'>u'
art veronica', towel butcher', apron, sacred heat! , beggars at atholic shrines <xbibh ilumps oflimb? . giveWI a
luck of your . ugarstick and I'll show you my . ore toe
Next, beginning to suspect A of fraud ('Thot'. never the postal cleric'), X make nile ofhypnotic-<'lpiritualistic lechniques (4Sti. '4- 31) to induce in bim a 'triprych vision' of Tris. . . ", hold<: and
Patrick. " They eventually draw forth part of rTf. a<<rer, conform- ing to the depravity tbey anticipated (49Ll7-'lO), but tbis is countered by tbe intruaion nf A', voice at 492. 13 to 'traverse ",me above ''''tement'. A il aorion. to lramfer the blame from her hU9- hand W one Sully, a writer of anonymous lellen and scorrilous
ballad, (495. 0'-3), but )( in,is. ma. ohe it misled (-49S. 36). Now, 'a,iring oul of her mirgery margery waler-sh<:ad~', )( ,urn_
mon new witnesses, including 0 (491. 04-499. 03) and . , (499. 04- "Si. Ii. ". W? ? ,",_II<,('><;>1,<'i,. . &>10"-(Loodoo. ,. \ktha<n,_) I,lJ3.
"I'hmzn. . . ? ? V~. . . s". . _ Hd" i . . (o. fQr~ U,"",";,y ~ '9''') I, "";;. . . <<Ii;;'''''"'''to;"this_,,,,,tho, 'th<wuIfin_ I_tid. . . . _t><t<danimal.
and _""";"<0<1 ",;,h <II< <uIl of ,he ,un: " See he""". p. '1'"
? 1
12) and PQ. . ihly even Finnegan speaking Ihrough II (499_. 6-\8): 'Your soulstothe devil, do ye think I'm dead;' This ti"",l outburst infuriates the in"estigalOrs, who abuse (h<ir mtdimn. II responds by invoking magical force. : siaLic babhle P<"SKaS? S the Ndio and
. . panicstricken strife of <<IngtIcS culminate? . 01 $OI. OS-{i: 'WL-~->
- TIt. ,. . . t . . t"eU . . . SILENCE
ThiS requirescompari""nwith014. 06. A,0'3_10 XalUlOunctd that four things in Dublin nc'er . hall fail till hcathersmoke and doudweed Eire', i. le . hall pall. lbcse four laSt things a,. . , 00rl- . peeta of m, 4, -I and CIA. They are fun listed in running print in coll. lion wi. h . he Jewish calendar, and . hen in tabular form againSt the dat. . 1132 AD, S66 AD, S66 AD and 1132 AD. At the cent,. . , of the table the word 'Silent' ItprCSrnt$ Ihe Norse Gin- nunga Gap """"rding 10014_. 6_ Now, Ihe Annals of 1M Four Mas. . ", which a,. . , mentioned ! . eVe. . . ltimes here, put . 1>( dc-Ath
of Finn Mace""",l against the year 283 ADI
The Age of Christ, 283. The oixteenth year of Dieh",. Finn, RI'\lndson of Baisgne, fen by Aichlea~h,Inn ofOuibh- d",ann, and the sonsof UirgIeann ofthe L""ighni Teamh-
raeh,. t Ath-Brea, upon the fIoinn (lJoyne]. . . . "
Now, 283 Xl = S66 and 283 x 4 - 1'32.
We may therefore regard . he silenceson 0'4 and so. . . interruptions occasioned by nrs demise. Xcall the laner gap a 'oje'ta' (sou o), and ;( il apparen. that time has passed during it. For at 481. "'1-6 X have inqui,. . ,d as 10 ITf< place and time. Was he in Oxman. town, whence in the year 1098 King William Rufu, obttintd the wood for the roof of W es. m;",,,,r Han, 'where no F. nglish spider webl>(th or breedeth 10 this day';" Was he 'He fair, Chris'? Yes, II <<plieo, 'Ikfurchl christ I' Butnn th. mhe< side of the lacuna another . ime_
check bringS th. reply 'Amnis Dominae' (SI3. 0S)_
111. 3 is thu. spht into two parts, the second including 'Haveth OIilden'. 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"
The Drama Parap"lyJogic 47
? ? 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$' part of III. ) fllrther voices ;aut from I\, who dilcbimJruponSibilityfortheopinionstheyprnMI. We'CCOj:- nille Sylvia SilmO! ' of 06'. 01-1 1 eI '2J. ~ She is followed by TlTlde Tom (523. 11'"S15. 05J, HOllY ("S. ll-6), . . . (531. 02- 518. 1J),? (530. 13-4),K(j30. )6-n? . ,6Jandofc:oun. o:m(nuI6- 554. 08). In Ihi. fmal m elch " ICfln. to fade away inoolUtqucmly.
In c:oncludingwcmlY nole d Ull lO m e of the C'lenU in book II I proceed forwarda, "th~ backwlrda. Wc Jh,aUfind IILaI the Illltr procnl il mar. important. Theff is. currenl oCincra, ina Co",," runnin, forwards throush boot I and a currc. " of increu. ina ,,- M I l running backwardll Ihm"'" book III. In book II thnc: Curren. mtf:L
I.
~'. Ol, he . hould I"lO'l olio ha"c a",,,d II 501. 1) thai
'ar<<<!
the moon was shinin, (j 19. ? 8-1S). " obliges rhem. by Iweorina that. U hi. . . . . io;l. . . ,,,. up 10 lhe prU<:n1 1La, bt<:n fab<: (51O. 18-H).
? Chapter 4 -t I- 0
The Mirror and the Rainbow
The H(JUs, by ,Iu Churchyard, ? pOrtr'lli. of old Chapc]iZO<! by Joseph Sheridan 1. <: Fanu, i. fuqueotly utilized in FW. A fntgmem of . ong appeao amongst its pages, sung by ,he tenor IXv. r<:ux 10 the hemin. Lilia"
And me smiled upon the . . ream, LiU one who smiles at folly,
A d",amer on a dr<:am.
The mirT<>! ' i? ? vehicle of ab. traction. Impermeable to . ounds, omeU. and physical contag;,. , the specular unive= rerna;", inert, clinical, indiff. . ,. "". h' corporeal ;nocttl. ihiHry allies i1 to the
drC:lmworld; ilS countl. . , facct! , each n divisible", its material compl=tnt, fa. cinate in=. . ntly by the pttcision with which . hey comTadic? . "lb. motivalion> di<,ingui. hing C and A can be rationalized verbally, hut the remale . pHI i. too ahsolute for thi? . A. -I S"'re$ into rhe riv<:' she can see nothing bullate. . . .
