Molly Bloom's soliloquy
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Molly Bloom's soliloquy is the stream-of-consciousness final episode of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," renowned for its unpunctuated, intimate portrayal of the character Molly's thoughts and desires.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molly Bloom soliloquy | 1 |
| Molly Bloom's soliloquy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896771 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Molly Bloom's soliloquy Context triple: [Ulysses, famousSection, Molly Bloom's soliloquy]
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A.
A Confession
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L'innocente
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The Confessions of Felix Krull
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E.
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Molly Bloom's soliloquy Target entity description: Molly Bloom's soliloquy is the stream-of-consciousness final episode of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," renowned for its unpunctuated, intimate portrayal of the character Molly's thoughts and desires.
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A.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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B.
L'innocente
L'innocente is a psychological novel by Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio that explores themes of adultery, jealousy, and moral decadence in late 19th-century bourgeois society.
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C.
Infernal Scene
Infernal Scene is a dramatic early 17th-century painting by Jacob van Swanenburgh depicting a vivid, chaotic vision of hell and demonic torment.
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D.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
-
E.
Death of the Virgin
Death of the Virgin is a renowned Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the Virgin Mary's death with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro, notable for its emotional intensity and controversial naturalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary passage
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monologue ⓘ stream of consciousness writing ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Penelope episode ⓘ |
| associatedWorkPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce ⓘ |
| closingWords | "yes I said yes I will Yes" ⓘ |
| containsTheme |
everyday life
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female desire ⓘ infidelity ⓘ marriage ⓘ memory ⓘ national identity ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
celebrated for its representation of female consciousness
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landmark of modernist fiction ⓘ |
| feature |
associative thought patterns
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lack of conventional dialogue markers ⓘ long unbroken sentences ⓘ minimal punctuation ⓘ repetition of the word "yes" ⓘ sexual frankness ⓘ shifts in time and memory ⓘ |
| fictionalCharacterSpeaker | Molly Bloom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Molly Bloom's body and aging
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Molly Bloom's desires ⓘ Molly Bloom's everyday concerns ⓘ Molly Bloom's extramarital affair with Blazes Boylan ⓘ Molly Bloom's feelings about men ⓘ Molly Bloom's feelings about women ⓘ Molly Bloom's marriage to Leopold Bloom ⓘ Molly Bloom's memories ⓘ Molly Bloom's past in Gibraltar ⓘ Molly Bloom's sexuality ⓘ Molly Bloom's thoughts ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRelation | wife of Leopold Bloom ⓘ |
| hasIntertextualReference |
Penelope
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surface form:
Homer's Penelope
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| influenced |
feminist literary criticism
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later stream of consciousness writers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lengthCharacteristic | one of the longest passages of uninterrupted interior monologue in English literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | episode 18 of Ulysses ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interior monologue
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| partOf | Ulysses ⓘ |
| positionInWork | final episode of Ulysses ⓘ |
| setting | Molly Bloom's bed in Dublin ⓘ |
| timeWithinFiction | night of 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Molly Bloom's soliloquy Description of subject: Molly Bloom's soliloquy is the stream-of-consciousness final episode of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses," renowned for its unpunctuated, intimate portrayal of the character Molly's thoughts and desires.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ulysses
this entity surface form:
Molly Bloom soliloquy