What Did James Joyce Mean When He Wrote Ulysses Anyway ? Part VI

a more mature Stephen will be introduced, his present living conditions described, and his eventual prearranged meeting with Leopold Bloom added to the structural plot of the novel. It should not be forgotten that Joyce is writing a sequel to "A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man." He is continuing the journey of young Stephen as he travels through the streets of Dublin, Ireland. In this second part composed inside of a new novel, the author has invited the reader to take a journey with Stephen as he explores himself. Stephen will also discover other interesting aspects of his native Ireland. Somewhere along the way in that rocky road of enlightenment, he will experience his own humanity in regard to a relationship with his friends, fellow peers, comrads in arms on a journey towards manhood, and a broader comprehension of Ireland inside of the quick-flowing streams of history. Time will encircle Stephen, and his journey will travel in the midst of those elements described into a story of epic proportions.

Time is an element always at work in Ulysses. The use of time helped to give the novel the unique feature for speaking of the thoughts and attitudes of an age. Time constantly surrounds the characters, enveloping them in a cherished mist of illusion that helps to not only create a world from his dreams, but a place that would soon capture the spirit of an international audience, a unique different way of viewing the reality of the material perspective around them. To perform his intentions in a wonderous sphere of ambiance, he used the traditions of the most revered Greek sages.

As a shaman casting spells of enchantment underneath the bright white light of a full moon, he pulls the reader forward into the labryinth of mythology, placing these themes into modern context, while breathing life into his characters. He thus speaks for the modern world of his generation. Anthony Burgess, on the use of the classic tradition by Joyce within the framework of modernity:

"Starting with this vague and general and traditional intention, Joyce then (or simultaneously, or before) conceived another ambition to make a modern novel not merely rival classical achievement but contain it. Classical epic was expansive; classical drama was contractive. Homer covers heaven, earth, the sea and a great slab of time; Sophocles stays in one small place and confines the time of his action to twenty-four hours. And

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