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What "Irish Oath" sounds like "Thoth"?

In Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, has the following daydream while gazing at a flock of birds: A sense of fear of the unknown moved in the heart of his ...
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What does Joyce mean by this description of an accent in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

There are a lot of references to accents and speech in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, to make it clear to the reader that the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, is keenly aware of them. These are ...
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In Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, how can the reader intuit the meaning of "champagne" in the first chapter?

In chapter 1 of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen is home from school for Christmas and overhears his family talking. He hears this exchange between his father, Mr Dedalus, and the family ...
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Does Joyce use interior monologue in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?

Certainly the narrative of A Portrait reflects a developing narrator (in turn reflecting Stephen's development), and so the child-like first paragraph, Once upon a time and a very good time it was ...
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