Paragraph 20
“A side eye at my Hamlet hat. If I were suddenly naked here as I sit? I am not.”
Reading Room · Plain English analysis
The cocklepickers' wryly observe Stephen's Latin Quarter Hat and he imagines himself naked on the rocks. Watching the woman walk west, he turns her into an image of tides, menstruation, childbirth and death. Biblical, classical and vampire imagery sweep into
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