Whicheventorpersonemergedasthesalientpointofhisnarration?
StephenDedalus,professorandauthor。
Whatlimitationsofactivityandinhibitionsofconjugalrightswereperceivedbylistenerandnarratorconcerningthemselvesduringthecourseofthisintermittentandincreasinglymorelaconicnarration?
Bythelisteneralimitationoffertilityinasmuchasmarriagehadbeencelebrated1calendarmonthafterthe18thanniversaryofherbirth8
September1870,viz。8October,andconsummatedonthesamedatewithfemaleissueborn15June1889,havingbeenanticipatorilyconsummatedonthe10Septemberofthesameyearandcompletecarnalintercourse,withejaculationofsemenwithinthenaturalfemaleorgan,havinglasttakenplace5weeksprevious,viz。27November1893,tothebirthon29December1893ofsecondandonlymaleissue,deceased9January1894,aged11
days,thereremainedaperiodof10years,5monthsand18daysduringwhichcarnalintercoursehadbeenincomplete,withoutejaculationofsemenwithinthenaturalfemaleorgan。Bythenarratoralimitationofactivity,mentalandcorporal,inasmuchascompletementalintercoursebetweenhimselfandthelistenerhadnottakenplacesincetheconsummationofpuberty,indicatedbycatamenichemorrhage,ofthefemaleissueofnarratorandlistener,15September1903,thereremainedaperiodof9monthsand1
dayduringwhichinconsequenceofapreestablishednaturalcomprehensioninincomprehensionbetweentheconsummatedfemaleslistenerandissue,completecorporallibertyofactionhadbeencircumscribed。
How?
Byvariousreiteratedfeminineinterrogationconcerningthemasculinedestinationwhither,theplacewhere,thetimeatwhich,thedurationforwhich,theobjectwithwhichinthecaseoftemporaryabsences,projectedoreffected。
Whatmovedvisiblyabovethelistener’sandthenarrator’sinvisiblethoughts?
Theupcastreflectionofalampandshade,aninconstantseriesofconcentriccirclesofvaryinggradationsoflightandshadow。
Inwhatdirectionsdidlistenerandnarratorlie?
Listener,S。E。byE。;Narrator,N。W。byW。:onthe53rdparalleloflatitude,N。and6thmeridianoflongitude,W。:atanangleof45ø;
totheterrestrialequator。
Inwhatstateofrestormotion?
Atrestrelativelytothemselvesandtoeachother。Inmotionbeingeachandbothcarriedwestward,forwardandrerewardrespectively,bytheproperperpetualmotionoftheearththrougheverchangingtracksofneverchangingspace。
Inwhatposture?
Listener:reclinedsemilaterally,left,lefthandunderhead,rightlegextendedinastraightlineandrestingonleftleg,flexed,intheattitudeofGea-Tellus,fulfilled,recumbent,bigwithseed。Narrator:
reclinedlaterally,left,withrightandleftlegsflexed,theindexfingerandthumboftherighthandrestingonthebridgeofthenose,intheattitudedepictedonasnapshotphotographmadebyPercyApjohn,thechildmanweary,themanchildinthewomb。
Womb?Weary?
Herests。Hehastravelled。
With?
SinbadtheSailorandTinbadtheTailorandJinbadtheJailerandWhinbadtheWhalerandNinbadtheNailerandFinbadtheFailerandBinbadtheBailerandPinbadthePailerandMinbadtheMailerandHinbadtheHailerandRinbadtheRailerandDinbadtheKailerandVinbadtheQuailerandLinbadtheYailerandXinbadthePhthailer。
When?
GoingtoadarkbedtherewasasquareroundSinbadtheSailorroc’sauk’segginthenightofthebedofalltheauksoftherocsofDarkinbadtheBrightdayler。
Where?
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