Full fathom five thy father lies.
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 57
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Episode description
The end is nigh.
Kelly and Dermot discuss in the depth the drowning motif of “Proteus”. Other topics include The Tempest and Ariel’s Song, the wily nature of the sea, Stephen’s estrangement from his father Simon, the role of alcohol in the lives of Ulysses characters, quitting alcohol, rising corpses, sea change, porpoises, the ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth, spongy titbits, Stephen’s connection to a corpse, looking for a way out of a suffocating home life, why Buck Mulligan is a terrible friend, Stephen’s fear of failure and of becoming his father, Stephen’s guilt at abandoning his sisters, the mentality of a bucket of crabs, and why Dermot thinks the Dedalus family would have been great on The Jerry Springer Show.
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