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M Oar. tuIM both by m an<! x a coalnttnot of unity and lmad is round. 1 thcir moll rebellious pI\II'(,! he clost of book 11. The phenomenon begin"l 367. 08, where x cute", for here ! hey already recall ! he wicked uncle Mart, beina 'four avunc,dum', Lower on
the ~ they pet. . . . . . . ,. the cardinal poinrs, the four dinwtuiont and . h. evangelical bas. . . Th? y tho:n dicuo. e . . . . . . ". COItI- m a n d m m l l CO 0 , O u i l 1 ' l t w o < J C C \ J p y i n g 368. ",,~ , I u d t h e o t h e . .
the non pIInlgn. ph, The gist of III these commandments il lhal m mUSI be respected: 'NOIID go, lonn. . -waner, and bung! ey well chule the riWtj gW\<<an1. '
PoIile opinion in eiilllccnth-ctDWl1' Ireland wu offended by th~INIrril~, byapopi~ prim,01! helIaliancalm",TcndUQl;i
w i l h D o r o t h e a M a u n a e l l o f U m c r i c t . , w h o W: I I h a l f h i . . " , . " F r i l l
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''''~I (o. . bIi~. AllaI flaio 1! I7)), 1J. 4-9.
? S<:nn" pointS out that 371 _06-8 is butd on a st,,,,,, snng of 'he time parodying the aria 'Water parttd from the Ilea', which w,," ,peciallyassociattd with Tenducd. It is ""idem that Tend",. i i. m ; further parodi. . of the 9Qng OCCUr at 371. 18-20, 30-12, 372. 25-"7 and 373. 09-' I. InLCrvening rIllItorial connect. them with Th~ Bal/ad 0/ Pmu O'R. i/ly, H(lOty being replaced by 'Oltia'.
Hosty, a, we have s""n, i? . c; 0""" w Host, is the successor 10 Christ's body just as . c ' u=dS m. like C and A in II. 2 be
is an angleT, a fisher of men. In n. ) 0 =lU"a3e o"ia '" land the fish wbich traditionally stand, for Otrist: 'o,tia, lifl i,l Lift
at it, Ostia 1From the . . . y! Away from the say l' (371. "9). We may al9Q s " " O H i a O J t h e y o u n g F i n n (. c:) l a n d i n g t h e S a l m o n o f W i s d o m (m aCC<lTding 00 007_16----19), the coru. umptioo of which will make him the new m. The a'tlument is slTengthentd when we consult the pa''''I(C in the Am",". of ,h. Fo", Mas. . " dealing with Finn's death, q""ted in part above (p. 47)- This continu. . with twO qua_
traim of lamentation for tbe hero, beginning 'Finn was killed, it was with darts. ' At this point, ? footnOte informs u. , an inter- lineation states 'by the fishing gaff. he was wounded'. The tditor refe. . . to w Dublin copy of the An",,/, 0/ Inni'/al/no, wbich records that Finn 'fell by me band. of Atblach, 9Qn of Duibh_ d<<nn, a ~cherous fisherman, who [firtd wim the love of ever- la. ting nooorietyj slew him with his gafht Rath_Bragh" near the Boyne, whimer he had retired in hi' old age ro pass me remainder of bis life in It:I. nquilliry. '''
If Ostia is me leader of 0 he can be equattd wim Sulla, me leaderofmetwelveSulHwniat573. 06-7,andwim Sully,me[0<<_ man of the jury al ss8. n. At 495. 01-7 A calls Sully 'a barracker
as. sociatod with tinkcn, me blackband Shovcllyvans, wreUter of annoyimgm""t len. . . . and S\<irriles! ballel$', luggesting the ballad- monger H""ty. Furmer evidence relating Sulla ro . ci. his intention at 513. 07-8 to procure -t fo, X, justa, Tri. tan wishtd to procure 19Q1dc for ~rk. And me Sullivani are nationalisu, 'Sully van vulturet' (4]5. 29) from the p<:rsonification of rqm:ned. Ireland,
Shan Van V,w,I_
The end of II. 3 involves the . losing of me bar: the drinktn 'all pour form', plus ofcour. . , Ke. . . . e the Tail", plus hi. daughter the praru:quean, bUI wimout In, the Russian General (372. 03-7). o are f"llowtd by the four senaton, )(. A$ closing time coincides with launching time x are . truggling to get olf by me gangplank
" 'Dublin TI><t" . . ' in A W. . . . VVn', ed. ! Un &no! ~,J-. 4.
"A-. . J,",. . K. . -'"1. . Jm. </,. . ,. "F_M. ". . " edlohnO'Dooonn, I, "0.
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? in lime. Hooey ;, the IaSI to CIllt1,e (373. 3}-4). )( fail to make ;1 uho. . Ind )72. )4- )73. 07 sees Ihem balliing . plllsl Ihe WlIIUS "r;nco:ckalion wheuby Ihcic iden'ilY wilh m i. reinfo,ced. WIlen "'-'= ruch 11. 4, x and m a. . almosl IXlmplClely merted "'Ielher.
n. cduoplenoCbookII,? ? MnGlashttno~~! 'QP<:CIivdy epitomiu childhood, Idol. . . . "'oe, II\IIllIrity and senility. " n. c Ian phase is very Itrall",. II isat on. ce the mOIl vitll and the mO,1I e x h a u s l e d p * r t o f F W , Y . ' a n o t h e r " " '? . . . . u u " 1 , , . o,,(>' ' ' '[(n'um .
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Marcus todill;~lh him from KinS Mark, this is undone apin at 391. 14. x ond m ar. furuhmentaUy ;n the pme boal, I,ed, betrayed, . . ouhi"e.
The prirrlary IocIlion of II. . ;1 probably Trinity O>II. . e. Admittedly ! be other huh univenilies . bo reanorc: (385. 13, 3119-04-6), bUI we recurrently llOIice ! be landmarb immeddtdy infrontofIllemainpI""ofTrinity,the. tatue. on CoU. . eGtetll (origioaUy Hogen Grtc:o)-to wllich Ille memory of )( has IranI' f,,",edO? ConntU'u . . tueonthefar,~ofO'Conn<:IlBridie,Bal? lenby Bnxhera of W""unordand S{rttI, CIef}'I in O'CO~U
Strttl and 10 forth. Trinily CoII. . . , l. particubrly appropN~ 11 a senina to this advmrure. An ancienl Protestant stronghold, il ha, been "",ed for ill weallh of ceccnll"ic, aliellited academia, who . . . . ined theirfunctioru into advanced senescence. X are hi. . . lOry 1tc1U<ers, . . fured 10 vatiow p. . ,,<$UIl! dmominarion, in oonlrullO CI 'Roman c. . lhoJieanns' 0 89? 16). They mmmber m i l e s l o n e s i n s e c t a r d n c o n f l i c t f r o m t h e i r l e c t u r e s 10 0 . T h q . O O
perpetuate 'he m. :mc of 'he latl lupper from II. ), inetlectively l'eptlltina 'PalS the fuh for ChrHl IIh, amen! ' BI,II Ihey can alliin 10 no tlilrir, noc can they reach -i, who h. . . beC1\ dqraded behind their Ipccndeo 10 a holl>OJe! lCily, 'woman tq. . asl! '.
A, lCrell in the le i thq arc espedilly Idble 10 remember various drowned companions and marine eat:utrop! >es. Th. . . . )87. l()-)0 prHenl. l ill 'UC<<Slion TIt~ W,,,,,,I, gf 'lrt Ht. ". . ,lU, Ille di. . tlrQUl landins of Sir R",<r easem<:nt in Tral<e Ray immediately prior to the EllterRisilllll, the drownin, of Willian>, only IOn ofHenry
I, ;11 11:10 when the dnmken ~ <If the Ini. . Ship drove her against. rttf. thedrownin,of! be ElYptianspurouill8Mc. cs,and finl,l1y tile death ofMartin Cunninaham. Robert Adams" ClIplain1
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? that Paddy Dignam', funeral in Ulyou. draws on that ill M. atthew ! " Kane, an official in Dublin c. stle, who died . wimming off Kin8"town on . 1'1 July 1904 and who was the model for Martin Cunningham. Further, at 388. 1C>-12, we find the vicLims of the . wIktn Arm. oda and of the Dduge.
The manifold symptoms ofdecay in Xinclude hiccups, shingl"", . . . . . kk. . . . . , bedsor. . and gangr~. Marcus Lyon. keq>1 halluci- nating a skde. on (397. 2t-2). Mor<: ,triking are the epicene traits recalling m at 364. 1C>-12. )( ar<: 'four dear old heladi. . ' (386. '4-
'S) or 'four (up) beautiful ,ister rni". ,. . ' (39). 11), divorced 'by their d. . . r poor . hehusbands' (390. 20). Matthew il an 'old peri_
grime mauiarch, and a queenly man' (392. '9""20). The femini2ing inHu<:nce e~t. . ru:h to the environment, aff<:<:ting for imtance O'Connell, >>aueTOby and Ca,emem, This also acc<>unt. for changes such as lhat of 'Latimer Roman hiSTOry' at 388. ]2 TO
'Fatima Woman history' at 3&9. 15.
AlthouRh X are fairly dist;"';'. in the t. <mical sra""'" of 11. 4,
. he main body of the ehapter indicates an overlap of role, which i. expcrienccd nowhere eloe in FW. Thul at 39'. 04 John is a Scots- manandat392. '6-11 Mallhewi, on the Aran Islands, rather than the other way round, In )92. 04-IZ 'Mark or Marcus' is in fae' dying in hospital. There is however no distinct do"h point, unl. . "
it be the whit. papcr separating book IT from book Ill.
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The Structure or Book IV
It i. time to examine the balance of book IV api. . . , boo" II, 10 which reference was made at rhe out. . ,t. I have tried to CQIlvey the nodon of inur>IllJi<y which characterizes book II ; this is matehM in book IV by ""e",a/;'y. Seven essential processes are involved:
(i) the waking and re,urTccti()fl of m (H) 'he sunrise
(iii) the oonllict of niKht and day
(iv) 'he attempt to uren:oin the correct time
(v) the terminal point of lhe <<gress;v. time and the" fiJlure of book HI
(vi) the vkrory of day over nighl (vii) the lener and monoloRue of <II.
ReouTr'CClion and sunrise ore conceptual equivalents and occupy the mtire chapter. The ri? ? ofm i. no more conlin"'" to a particular loe. . ion than i. his rall in book lI. S93. o7-8 . talC. that On nthor da~ he Ius .
