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James Joyce's Ulysses
Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE: STUDENTS WRITE ABOUT THE SAME OPENING SENTENCES
Author: Dawn Mills
Publication: The world & I online
Issue Date: 6/1/1995
Size: 341 Words, 1,892 Characters

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came up from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and razor lay crossed.

In all criticism I feel that it is quite obvious to the most simpleminded individuals that the quote si...


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...er to hold your every thought of yourself at hand. And the true power of bringing to question exactly "who is the fairest in the land?" The razor as well I choose as the symbol of power. Power by which you have to change your appearance, take one's life, or torture one's life.Then again, a razor is a razor. A mirror is a mirror. And last and finally the quote from Joyce is a quote from Joyce.



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