Ulysses: Leopold Bloom's Breakfast Routine and Curiosity, Schemi e mappe concettuali di Inglese

Scarica Ulysses: Leopold Bloom's Breakfast Routine and Curiosity e più Schemi e mappe concettuali in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Opening section of the novel Known as Odyssey Episode called Calypso or the House Book V of the Odyssey=> Odysseus is prisoner to the goddes Calypso on the island of Ogigia 8 a.m. Leopold Bloom and his wife at home Live at 7 Eccles Street His wife still sleeping She will betray him later Summary of the passage Bloom is in the kitchen making breakfast for his wife Notices the cat asking for food Bloom gives her some milk Bloom sees the cat eat and wonders about it Goes upstairs from outside the door tells his wife he is about to leave Asks her if she wants anything to eat , she says no Leopold Bloom checks his pockets Goes out leaving the door slightly open Bloom is presented from the beginning in his material needs and pleasures Food dominates his thoughts Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish….urine ll1-4 Slice of bread and butter l. 9+ cup of tea ll. 11-12 Made him feel a bit peckish (=hungry) l. 7 Ham and eggs l. 41 +mutton kidney ll. 42-43 Fried with butter, a shake of pepper. Better a pork kidney l. 43 Bloom is kind and caring to his cat and wife: Softly l. 5+ she didn’t like her plate full ll 9-10 Kindly l. 18+ bent down to her l 20 Mockingly l. 27+ slowly l. 35 + quietly l. 47 Paused… she might like something tasty… 47-49 you don’t want anything for breakfast? L. 53 No use disturbing her. She turned over sleepily that time ll. 60,61 Very quietly l. 62+ gently l. 62 all right till I come back l. 63 He is understanding his cat: Watched curiously l. 18 They call them stupid. They understand what we say better than we understand them… she can jump me ll. 23-24 Cruel. Her nature. Curious…. It l. 29 He watched the bristles shining wirely (=fili) In the weak light as she tripped there times and licked lightly. …. He listened to her liking lap ll. 37-41 Bloom is: concrete+curious+kind+practical+sensual+ thoughtful Domestic setting Described carefully in its details Kitchen+ breakfast things on the humpty tray ll. 5-6 Kettle off the hob+ the fire+the cat+ the table ll. 10,11,12 Saucer l. 45 The staircase to the hall l. 47 Doorstep+creaky wardrobe(= scricchiolante) ll. 59-60 Halldoor+ threshold ll. 62-63 Sy m bo l Humpy tray l. 6= vassoio con curve, gobbo = something has collided in the Bloom’s relationship Bloom’s promise to repair the bed stand= he is thinking about mending his relationship with Molly Bloom leaves the door slightly open = A possibility is left open for Molly’s betrayal Breakfast in bed Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce. Writer, born in Dublin on 2 February 1882. He was educated at Jesuit colleges (Clongowes Wood College and Belvedere College) and at Dublin University, notably as a linguist.