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Again, in "Wandering Rocks," Father Comnee echoes these thoughts as he reflects
on the death of 1030 passengers of the ship, General Slocum, which caught fire enroute
to a Lutheran social function: "Unfortunate people to die like that, unprepared. Still, an
act of perfect contrition" (10.92).
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These close encounters are repeated throughout the novel: in "Hades": (6.41); in
"Aeolus": (7.643); in "Scylla and Charybdis: (9.1203); and, in "Oxen of the Sun."
24 As with most of Joyce's characters, the names of Private Carr and Private Compton are
more significant than they first appear. As El imam notes, Joyce exacted his personal
revenge on Henry Can (a British consular official who offended Joyce in Zurich) and
Compton (the English Player's business manager who also provoked Joyce) by naming
the two drunk and offensive soldiers in their honor (James Joyce 459).
25
Recall the director's speech to Stephen about the "power of the keys" found through
the preisthood (A Portrait 140).
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refers to "parish priest."
Bloom, like Stephen, is decidedly not free from the numerous other powers which
formed his character. In fact, Joyce spends as much time describing the orthodoxies that
formed Bloom as he does describing those that formed Stephen.
28 For the the numerous Eucharistic allusions found throughout Ulysses, see Michael J.
OShea's "Catholic Liturgy in Joyce's Ulysses." In JJQ 21.2 (1984): 123-35.
29 This is a portion of the Catholic "Prayer for the Dying," found in the Maynooth
Catechism which Stephen studied as a youth. He slightly alters the earlier version which
he recited in "Telemachus." This version translates to: "Bright [glowing] as lilies. A
throng gathers about. Jubilant you of virgins. Chorus rescues [releases, exempts or
receives]" (Gifford 586).
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The oracle of the Messiah is referenced in Luke 2:29-32 when Jesus is presented at the
temple, and Simeon exclaims: "Now, Master, you can dismiss your servant in peace;
you have fulfilled your word. For my eyes have witnessed your saving deed displayed
for all the peoples to see: A revealing light to the Gentiles, the glory ofyour people
Israel."
'While in the cabman's shelter, Stephen coins this epithet for his homeland: "Fauborg
Saint Patrice." The French phrase translates to "St. Patrick's neighborhood," referring
to St. Patrick (385-461), one of three patron saints of Ireland (Gifford 92).
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