Mary Dedalus
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Mary Dedalus is the devout and long-suffering mother of Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s works, particularly *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* and *Ulysses*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Dedalus canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Joycean character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsAs | Stephen Dedalus’s mother ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulysses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic rituals
ⓘ
Irish domestic life ⓘ |
| basedOn | James Joyce’s mother May Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
Irish Catholic family life
ⓘ
conflict between religion and artistic vocation ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
devout
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long-suffering ⓘ pious ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ submissive ⓘ |
| createdBy | James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathStatusInUlysses | deceased ⓘ |
| familyRole |
mother
ⓘ
wife ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences | Stephen Dedalus’s religious upbringing ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Stephen Dedalus’s rebellion
ⓘ
source of guilt for Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
ailing
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financially strained ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Simon Dedalus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| setting | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Simon Dedalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of maternal sacrifice
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representative of traditional Irish Catholic piety ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| workContext | modernist literature ⓘ |
| world | fictional universe of James Joyce ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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