[singlepic id=392 w=320 h=240 float=left] Mulligan has been waiting for a chance to perform his masterpiece, the “Ballad of Joking Jesus.” More is coming in the next few pages. The ballad is one of many things in Ulysses not written by James Joyce. It was written by the real-life inspiration for Buck Mulligan, Oliver St. […]
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[singlepic id=397 w=320 h=240 float=left] Having left the tower, Mulligan, Haines, and Stephen walk towards the sea. Mulligan is beating the grass with his towel, seeming playful, but when Haines asks about the rent, he quickly inserts himself into the conversation. In an early version of this drawing, we had attributed the statement about the […]
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[singlepic id=48 w=320 h=240 float=left] [cf. Gabler 3:1, 1922 p. 3] Some pudgy guy is carrying a bowl to the top of a tower. So begins the most important novel of the twentieth century. A ceremony of sorts is about to happen. This is not our first main character, but is instead a secondary one–this […]
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[singlepic id=37 w=320 h=240 float=right]Buck Mulligan is the antagonist of the Telemachus episode. He attempts to maintain superiority over Stephen Dedalus through mockery and other subtle bullying tactics.
