Hades - 'Ulysses' - James Joyce
Time:
10-11 am
Scene:
'The Graveyard'
Persons:
Dodder, Grand and Royal
Canals, Liffey -The 4 Rivers of Hades
Cunningham-
Sisyphus
Coffey-Cerberus
Caretaker-Hades
O'Connell-Hercules
Dignam - Elpenor
Parnell-Agamemnon
Mentor-Ajax
Symbol::
-- Heart
Art/Science: RELIGION(??)
This episode covers Paddy Dignam's burial, and we
meet Stephen's real father. Bloom and Dignam's other
friends are in a horse drawn carriage driving to the
graveyard. Bloom spots Stephen, who reminds him of his
own son Rudie who died when he was only
11 days
old.
The parallels to the the original work are rather easy
to find: 4 rivers, Cerberus - Father Coffey, Ulysses
meeting his dead mother - Bloom thinking about his deceased
parents.
Bloom feels ill when the friends bury Dignam and when the
priest is speaking of the rebirth of the soul: dead is dead.
There is also (as most readers suggest) a cameo by James Joyce himself.