' The
reaclionary
lendency, 'the beast of boredom, common OCn!
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
3 we obsccv.
tbe '.
hip', husband' arranging m'omarriage, and.
, SI Patrick, baptizing m in pr<-para- tion for it.
The oonjurIC.
ion of I'atrick with T riSlan i.
Onc \VI; have alrtady encowl1en:d, in the pcrson of Yawn in lII.
], and I think we must sec both figurC1 as inte""l clements in c.
.
VI.
B.
zl.
ll8
no'C1 'c. Patrick'.
T h. fulion of C wilh A in 11. 3 i. ccrntinly anticipaled in n . ? -
"A. Ro<> . na B. R _ Cd<i< H";,. ,. (l<>ndoo, n. . m. , and HU<bon '913), <h. XIV.
,
? 2. We noticed the names 'Mid' . nd 'Nick' melting into 'Mak Nakulon'in258,,0-18. VI,B. ,l. l68hu '~W1lk,. ofind G<n' W. r AnJ! cl V o"vil ov<r'. Far mor<: . triking i. the auribution of the archetypal hilotmitf, or Tri,t:an and Patrick to 'Dolph' in ~87. ? 8- ~9Z. 32. The pon",il of 'Colph, dean of idlers, meager . udding or gerl stoan, though barckdy a balbo$c boy' initially . "",Iga"",(tf, wilh Swifl (abo in 'Ttinathan p:mnick dieudonnay' at 478. 26) and Bttkclty, As in the geometry les. on, I: roaches rebellion-lending Mikes (A) at 287. 28-288. 13, lelling himself the whole damning letter. Then, by references to Strollibow . nd the Dan. ,. , the in_ vader role i, imposed, and the (eaIUI. ,. h<<om. e . bo. e of the National Apostle, roaehing hi. COnverts.
Patrick w u probah ly an Armo,ic Gaul b<lrn near Boulogne. ru a youth he wa. captur<:d and broughllo Ireland, where he served Mikhu. Having . ,. caped and renJfl~dhomc, hi. subS<<lucnt mis_
,ion bad: 10 Ireland i. detailed in ~S8. IJ-289. 24. When he landed in Ireland', Ltins. . . for the second lime he converled its nalives to take offtheir BOrsalino hats whenever they eame within . . . . . -. hot of a Christian temple. He al'" {gught them to pray and hi, rol' ",ill prevails mightily there in spi. e of all 'he religiou, hlood since shed. The people b. :li. -ve in the inotiruti(m' of the miSSionary of the Papal Propagmda,. nd it i. b. :li. -ved that not all sorts ofbribery with lOup and nnt all kind, of gold W(luld ever induce them 10 change back to Iheir ancient W(ll'Ship of the Ihundergod. Patrick apOstrophizes hell. ermon. which bi' descendan" p"tp""ute. A. we {TO\>P along 10 church, lalking of meg>tlonunia and mi. . ioru again", ,nakeworship (Patrick bani. hed the onakcs), of courSe lhis ha' blame all in that Mediterranean world ' 0 do with the judge_ ments enunating from Peter's throne (bence the Paschal con_
troversy).
We now 'return for ~ momCOt fmm ,he r~ptilc', age 'Qthe cox-
'wain On the first landing. ' The reptiles arc not only Patrick'. 'Creeping Crawleys' but al'" include Ihe dragon slain by Tristan on his. eomd hiolt visit. The Tri. "m element in~ is stressed from thi, point, ahbough 'he due of Patrick', miuion (43Z An) is , uppli<:d a, 190. 0~. 0 " Trist. n'~ /inllanding he was dying from wound. rcceived in hi' fighl with the lri. h champion Marh. ull, bUI 1",lde cured him by the application of herbal prep"ra! ions, 'a Blinkcosop"" cuddlebath ~t hOT proper mitts'.
290,14- 291. 02 considers the second vi,its of botb exemplarS. Pallid<, having heard the voices from the Wood of Foclut, landed atthe mouth ofthe Vanry (290. 1 8-19). Tristan returned to 1",lde with Ihe effect of a cold tku"'" for his object was 'to buy her . . .
~ at Unity and Triad 89
? ? and o. her dud maVOWT. . . . . ns tn pluribl~ numl>cn . . . on behalf 0 ( an ol<kl. abliohcd limuo . . ? of Sain. Yvca by l. andsend oomwcr' (Land', End. , Cornwall). Thill min. hive been I ? . ,. rib" pid'. oornmenu29'. OZ-t},bu. (0 thinkofhislubsequentlymu". ;na ? Moorui1""1dtandtoI<Yto. ""IyJtheruyingroembot<<him- if that is what L. i, circling \OWI. rdl, heaven hdp him (29L')-
291. (4).
Th~ remainder of the ! . I:ntmc~ remind. UI Ihlt, although the
theorem. of Tim. aM W. . ,. rn Man may exist for Our improve- ment, . here i. no point in preachi", any other f2ith here, for all I,e irredeemable Ca,hol;c,. . I'urthe" were you to! ook into C'. head )'Our own hcad wouLd ,,,,,I to ius. fancy the combination. of Itlle words'Hineplac. :. FinoUy,whe. her)'00>'? ? h2ppyorlid,youwill ~v? ? wooonfl~<Iocnme. fromthepolesoflhc'pupiltea- chcrtlu. dupla'. The rew. lutionafy lendency i, connected wilh
the Norweltian ~
Irilh notioru. li. . . . . )" and Ibo with the figu", 0( Swif? ? Th? \IOke
IIIOYnncnl (wllidt shows panll. l. wilh
edIoes the "",II_known quoullion from ParndL'? ? pe<<h In Ccrk on 21 Jln. . . . ry ,885' 'no man hl. l the right to fix th~ boundory (0 . hc march of. nolion.
' The reaclionary lendency, 'the beast of boredom, common OCn! . l:', connec. ed with Vanhomrish via the collu or SS (0<< p. 26 above), and with S. ttlW:, will hush you, insiSlina lIull you mull draw the Ii. . . somewhere. VI. B. 17. 54 notn 'L. led double lif. ' and Vl. B. I7. ,9 'L. active midsl palli",,'. The P'" 'iC comains sevenl Illusions. o Pamell, who. like Swift, can participale in both L. and m . . different pbucs of biI history arc emphWzcd. For ClWltplc, in JIoaina ""}. II, Jay<< rt"fnw 10 Par_ nel! ousting hue Bun from lcadcnhip ofthe Home Ru~ Party. " Even in hill lote hi. 1Or}" Parnell i. ToOl unconditionally m. Red- mond, dcfendi"i him on . h~ fin . doy of Commit! "" room '$, oboerved, 'who", we uc asked to . . n our lcader [() pr~oervc an aman"", it seem. to me tha! "'" Ire hound [() inq,uirt" into what
we are ''''i", for the pritc We are pooying. ' P~rndl inlf,rtUplcd here 'Don? t. . ,11 me for ToOIhinl. If you get my VlIh. . , you ltIay chanle""" tt>m<)rn)W. ' Simplifitd 1. 1 'When you sell, SC' my price' Ihis motifappal" freq. . . . . tly tnconnection with L. and 1," bolh of whom arc 'ooid' in VlIrious Jtm . i: consider $00. 11-)1 for
enmple. VI. C. 5. ! i9 (part of 'V1. D. )') his 'J. ")'I T ooId her'.
I think it fair to aAume thin L. in booI< I I i. formed by th~ ming- lin. 0( ? current 0( t:-. . . . . . mle'ina from book I and ? currenl
"0< B. ChrlttUDi, s-. 6'--" f_,of'Fo"_. . . . W. ', 'l'. " tAt. . . . r. ,. . . .
. . SMI'"W. '? i.
? of A-nu. projected into b<><! ! < II by the reKTes. ive time of b:>ok ill. Both CUIT. . ,t. an include . c:-lIlImes by anticipatKln outside b<><! ! < n. [;is thus Trinan at '69. 20, Patrick ot '71. 33 and Parnell at '73. tl. A i. involved in the o:unc roles at . n8. 26 and 47~j. I4. Swift i. used in roth b<><! ! <. for roth [; and A. For in,nlne<: in ilL I, Ihe Dan <X>tluibutes [0 A . , 41). 03--26, but Swift is aho 'Mr O'Shem the O. . . . p<r' at 421. 25.
If the b<:x,): III A ;' to pu. into the . c: of 11. 4, his appea. . . . nce in III. I should relate to that of. c:, . . it in fact doe? . The 111. 1 A is 'Shaun the Post', the lover of Arrah-na-Pogue in Boucicault',
ploy. The heroine consistently gives ber name to -I in 11. 4, making . c: Shaun by implicaoon. At the end of the chapter (399. 25) -I ,wears hCT affili. a,ion to . c: by the eros. of Cong (Roderick O'Gon""," diM at Cong Abbey). She calls . c:'Midi:, Nidi rh. Mag- go, ()I" IM<IrtwrytmT . . . . . . t is', accu. . . . t. ly defining hi. composition. . Many notebook enlries "",m to empioy . c: as a ,impl. abbrevia_ tion ror 't: and A'. Alternatively we find tru. d" group. of ~ A ond. c: cont. . . . ltM QVer some facet. In VI. B. 17. IOO {or example'[;
j A i . c: jiii', or VI. B. 17. 91'
salt of the earth A [changed from I:J sulphur of the I:
mercury . c:
The tr. o. diti<>nal approprialimls would place salt between sul- phur and mercury, but Joyce'. U"", n<>ted by Mr Athertrut at 261. 25-0," accords moTe with I--Cvi'. lIillbire d. 112 m<iIJ"r' where . ulphur i. spirit, salt matter and mercury the 'plastic mMilror'. We may aoo observe in I<i' U""tild" the equation of mercury with the IIOul, ro", be. ween the polar aspi.
no'C1 'c. Patrick'.
T h. fulion of C wilh A in 11. 3 i. ccrntinly anticipaled in n . ? -
"A. Ro<> . na B. R _ Cd<i< H";,. ,. (l<>ndoo, n. . m. , and HU<bon '913), <h. XIV.
,
? 2. We noticed the names 'Mid' . nd 'Nick' melting into 'Mak Nakulon'in258,,0-18. VI,B. ,l. l68hu '~W1lk,. ofind G<n' W. r AnJ! cl V o"vil ov<r'. Far mor<: . triking i. the auribution of the archetypal hilotmitf, or Tri,t:an and Patrick to 'Dolph' in ~87. ? 8- ~9Z. 32. The pon",il of 'Colph, dean of idlers, meager . udding or gerl stoan, though barckdy a balbo$c boy' initially . "",Iga"",(tf, wilh Swifl (abo in 'Ttinathan p:mnick dieudonnay' at 478. 26) and Bttkclty, As in the geometry les. on, I: roaches rebellion-lending Mikes (A) at 287. 28-288. 13, lelling himself the whole damning letter. Then, by references to Strollibow . nd the Dan. ,. , the in_ vader role i, imposed, and the (eaIUI. ,. h<<om. e . bo. e of the National Apostle, roaehing hi. COnverts.
Patrick w u probah ly an Armo,ic Gaul b<lrn near Boulogne. ru a youth he wa. captur<:d and broughllo Ireland, where he served Mikhu. Having . ,. caped and renJfl~dhomc, hi. subS<<lucnt mis_
,ion bad: 10 Ireland i. detailed in ~S8. IJ-289. 24. When he landed in Ireland', Ltins. . . for the second lime he converled its nalives to take offtheir BOrsalino hats whenever they eame within . . . . . -. hot of a Christian temple. He al'" {gught them to pray and hi, rol' ",ill prevails mightily there in spi. e of all 'he religiou, hlood since shed. The people b. :li. -ve in the inotiruti(m' of the miSSionary of the Papal Propagmda,. nd it i. b. :li. -ved that not all sorts ofbribery with lOup and nnt all kind, of gold W(luld ever induce them 10 change back to Iheir ancient W(ll'Ship of the Ihundergod. Patrick apOstrophizes hell. ermon. which bi' descendan" p"tp""ute. A. we {TO\>P along 10 church, lalking of meg>tlonunia and mi. . ioru again", ,nakeworship (Patrick bani. hed the onakcs), of courSe lhis ha' blame all in that Mediterranean world ' 0 do with the judge_ ments enunating from Peter's throne (bence the Paschal con_
troversy).
We now 'return for ~ momCOt fmm ,he r~ptilc', age 'Qthe cox-
'wain On the first landing. ' The reptiles arc not only Patrick'. 'Creeping Crawleys' but al'" include Ihe dragon slain by Tristan on his. eomd hiolt visit. The Tri. "m element in~ is stressed from thi, point, ahbough 'he due of Patrick', miuion (43Z An) is , uppli<:d a, 190. 0~. 0 " Trist. n'~ /inllanding he was dying from wound. rcceived in hi' fighl with the lri. h champion Marh. ull, bUI 1",lde cured him by the application of herbal prep"ra! ions, 'a Blinkcosop"" cuddlebath ~t hOT proper mitts'.
290,14- 291. 02 considers the second vi,its of botb exemplarS. Pallid<, having heard the voices from the Wood of Foclut, landed atthe mouth ofthe Vanry (290. 1 8-19). Tristan returned to 1",lde with Ihe effect of a cold tku"'" for his object was 'to buy her . . .
~ at Unity and Triad 89
? ? and o. her dud maVOWT. . . . . ns tn pluribl~ numl>cn . . . on behalf 0 ( an ol<kl. abliohcd limuo . . ? of Sain. Yvca by l. andsend oomwcr' (Land', End. , Cornwall). Thill min. hive been I ? . ,. rib" pid'. oornmenu29'. OZ-t},bu. (0 thinkofhislubsequentlymu". ;na ? Moorui1""1dtandtoI<Yto. ""IyJtheruyingroembot<<him- if that is what L. i, circling \OWI. rdl, heaven hdp him (29L')-
291. (4).
Th~ remainder of the ! . I:ntmc~ remind. UI Ihlt, although the
theorem. of Tim. aM W. . ,. rn Man may exist for Our improve- ment, . here i. no point in preachi", any other f2ith here, for all I,e irredeemable Ca,hol;c,. . I'urthe" were you to! ook into C'. head )'Our own hcad wouLd ,,,,,I to ius. fancy the combination. of Itlle words'Hineplac. :. FinoUy,whe. her)'00>'? ? h2ppyorlid,youwill ~v? ? wooonfl~<Iocnme. fromthepolesoflhc'pupiltea- chcrtlu. dupla'. The rew. lutionafy lendency i, connected wilh
the Norweltian ~
Irilh notioru. li. . . . . )" and Ibo with the figu", 0( Swif? ? Th? \IOke
IIIOYnncnl (wllidt shows panll. l. wilh
edIoes the "",II_known quoullion from ParndL'? ? pe<<h In Ccrk on 21 Jln. . . . ry ,885' 'no man hl. l the right to fix th~ boundory (0 . hc march of. nolion.
' The reaclionary lendency, 'the beast of boredom, common OCn! . l:', connec. ed with Vanhomrish via the collu or SS (0<< p. 26 above), and with S. ttlW:, will hush you, insiSlina lIull you mull draw the Ii. . . somewhere. VI. B. 17. 54 notn 'L. led double lif. ' and Vl. B. I7. ,9 'L. active midsl palli",,'. The P'" 'iC comains sevenl Illusions. o Pamell, who. like Swift, can participale in both L. and m . . different pbucs of biI history arc emphWzcd. For ClWltplc, in JIoaina ""}. II, Jay<< rt"fnw 10 Par_ nel! ousting hue Bun from lcadcnhip ofthe Home Ru~ Party. " Even in hill lote hi. 1Or}" Parnell i. ToOl unconditionally m. Red- mond, dcfendi"i him on . h~ fin . doy of Commit! "" room '$, oboerved, 'who", we uc asked to . . n our lcader [() pr~oervc an aman"", it seem. to me tha! "'" Ire hound [() inq,uirt" into what
we are ''''i", for the pritc We are pooying. ' P~rndl inlf,rtUplcd here 'Don? t. . ,11 me for ToOIhinl. If you get my VlIh. . , you ltIay chanle""" tt>m<)rn)W. ' Simplifitd 1. 1 'When you sell, SC' my price' Ihis motifappal" freq. . . . . tly tnconnection with L. and 1," bolh of whom arc 'ooid' in VlIrious Jtm . i: consider $00. 11-)1 for
enmple. VI. C. 5. ! i9 (part of 'V1. D. )') his 'J. ")'I T ooId her'.
I think it fair to aAume thin L. in booI< I I i. formed by th~ ming- lin. 0( ? current 0( t:-. . . . . . mle'ina from book I and ? currenl
"0< B. ChrlttUDi, s-. 6'--" f_,of'Fo"_. . . . W. ', 'l'. " tAt. . . . r. ,. . . .
. . SMI'"W. '? i.
? of A-nu. projected into b<><! ! < II by the reKTes. ive time of b:>ok ill. Both CUIT. . ,t. an include . c:-lIlImes by anticipatKln outside b<><! ! < n. [;is thus Trinan at '69. 20, Patrick ot '71. 33 and Parnell at '73. tl. A i. involved in the o:unc roles at . n8. 26 and 47~j. I4. Swift i. used in roth b<><! ! <. for roth [; and A. For in,nlne<: in ilL I, Ihe Dan <X>tluibutes [0 A . , 41). 03--26, but Swift is aho 'Mr O'Shem the O. . . . p<r' at 421. 25.
If the b<:x,): III A ;' to pu. into the . c: of 11. 4, his appea. . . . nce in III. I should relate to that of. c:, . . it in fact doe? . The 111. 1 A is 'Shaun the Post', the lover of Arrah-na-Pogue in Boucicault',
ploy. The heroine consistently gives ber name to -I in 11. 4, making . c: Shaun by implicaoon. At the end of the chapter (399. 25) -I ,wears hCT affili. a,ion to . c: by the eros. of Cong (Roderick O'Gon""," diM at Cong Abbey). She calls . c:'Midi:, Nidi rh. Mag- go, ()I" IM<IrtwrytmT . . . . . . t is', accu. . . . t. ly defining hi. composition. . Many notebook enlries "",m to empioy . c: as a ,impl. abbrevia_ tion ror 't: and A'. Alternatively we find tru. d" group. of ~ A ond. c: cont. . . . ltM QVer some facet. In VI. B. 17. IOO {or example'[;
j A i . c: jiii', or VI. B. 17. 91'
salt of the earth A [changed from I:J sulphur of the I:
mercury . c:
The tr. o. diti<>nal approprialimls would place salt between sul- phur and mercury, but Joyce'. U"", n<>ted by Mr Athertrut at 261. 25-0," accords moTe with I--Cvi'. lIillbire d. 112 m<iIJ"r' where . ulphur i. spirit, salt matter and mercury the 'plastic mMilror'. We may aoo observe in I<i' U""tild" the equation of mercury with the IIOul, ro", be. ween the polar aspi.
