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 —She never let them in, 

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—She never let them in, he cried again through his laughter as he stamped on gaitered feet over the gravel of the path. That’s why.

 　On his wise shoulders through the checkerwork of leaves the sun flung spangles, dancing coins.

 

Episode 2. It was about ten in the morning. Stephen is a teacher at a private school in Dorky, and today he got his payment from the headmaster, Garrett Deasy. Conversation between Stephen and Deasy.

 

Garrett Deasy is a Protestant from Ulster. Most of the characters in Ulysses are from the lower middle class, but Daisy is from the comparatively upper class.

 

He says here that England is the only country that did not persecute the Jews because it did not allow them to enter the country.

 

“She" refers to England and "them" refers to the Jews.

 

Mr. Bloom, another main character who appears from Episode 4, is a Jewish man. Deasy's theory is a false foreshadow of Mr. Bloom's appearance.

 

Gaiters are a military garment worn around the shins. They were widely used in the civilian sector as well as the military until around World War II.I don't understand the implications of why Deasy is wearing the gaiters.

 

There are two people who wear gaiters in Ulysses. They are Deasy and Boylan, the lover of Mr. Bloom's wife. (U302.801) (U639.1422)

 

Joyce may have gaiters on the respective enemies of the main characters, Stephen and Mr. Bloom.

 

The coins that fall on Deasy's shoulders are connected to the wages that Stephen received today.

 

This is the end of Episode 2, and it is one of the best scenes in the novel. Very beautiful text.

 

"Sunlight Through Leaves I" by Martin Burns is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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