Faubourg Saint Patrice - ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University

you for pointing it out. . . There's no sort of criticism I value more. It comes in later on
and I can't change it. After all, a yard is also a crosstree for the onlooking landlubber"
(56). Stephen does refer to the crosstree again, as he reflects on Jesus's crucifixion in his
mock recitation of Apostle's Creed: "put upon by His friends, stripped and whipped, was
nailed like bat to bamdoor, starved on crosstree. . ." (9.493-5). Clearly, Joyce's symbol
is that of Calvary, and the image which haunts Stephen from the sea is the omnipresent
God of Irish culture, a presence from which Stephen cannot escape.
Stephen's discussion at the National Library in "Scylla and Charybdis" further
reveals this inner turmoil. While in the throes of his mental joust with John Eglington,
Stephen mentally appeals to the founder of the Jesuit order: "Ignatius Loyola, make
haste to help me!" (9.163). Undoubtedly a comic appeal for saintly intercession in his
argument, Stephen's words also further disclose the "supersaturation" of his Catholic
consciousness. While he continues his discourse on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Stephen's
thoughts quickly shift through his Parisian experiences by free association: "Go to! You
spent most of it in Georgina Johnson's bed, clergyman's daughter. Agenbite of Inwit"
(9.195-6). The association of his tryst with the prostitute and "Agenbite of Inwit" is
reminiscent of his youthful infatuation with Eileen and his subsequent chastisement, and
his overbearing guilt after his first sexual encounter with the prostitute (A Portrait 20,
95-6). Memories of his tryst with the prostitute Georgina Johnson are again introduced
in "Circe," as Stephen tells Lynch their destination: "Lecherous lynx, to la belle dame
sans merci, Georgina Johnson, ad deam qui laetificat inventutem meam" (15.122-3)1°.
The French phrase translates to: "the beautiful woman without pity"; and, the Latin: "to
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