Ulysses episode "Ithaca"
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"Ithaca" is the penultimate, catechism-style episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, depicting Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus’s late-night return to Bloom’s home and their reflective, quasi-scientific dialogue.
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| Ulysses episode "Ithaca" canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ulysses episode "Ithaca" Context triple: [Ulysses episode "Penelope", takesPlaceAfter, Ulysses episode "Ithaca"]
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Ulysses episode "Penelope"
"Penelope" is the final, stream-of-consciousness episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, presenting Molly Bloom’s unpunctuated interior monologue and concluding the book with her famous "yes" soliloquy.
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The Return of Ulysses
"The Return of Ulysses" is a chapter from Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, continuing the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters.
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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is a 1640–41 opera in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi that dramatizes the homecoming of Ulysses from the Odyssey and is considered one of the earliest masterpieces of Baroque opera.
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Ulysses (serialization)
Ulysses (serialization) is the original magazine publication of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, issued in installments in the early 1920s before its full book release.
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Ulysses' Gaze
Ulysses' Gaze is a 1995 art-house drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, known for its meditative style and exploration of memory, exile, and Balkan history.
- 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: Ulysses episode "Ithaca" Target entity description: "Ithaca" is the penultimate, catechism-style episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, depicting Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus’s late-night return to Bloom’s home and their reflective, quasi-scientific dialogue.
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A.
Ulysses episode "Penelope"
"Penelope" is the final, stream-of-consciousness episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, presenting Molly Bloom’s unpunctuated interior monologue and concluding the book with her famous "yes" soliloquy.
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B.
The Return of Ulysses
"The Return of Ulysses" is a chapter from Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, continuing the adventures of its anthropomorphic animal characters.
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C.
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is a 1640–41 opera in three acts by Claudio Monteverdi that dramatizes the homecoming of Ulysses from the Odyssey and is considered one of the earliest masterpieces of Baroque opera.
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D.
Ulysses (serialization)
Ulysses (serialization) is the original magazine publication of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, issued in installments in the early 1920s before its full book release.
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E.
Ulysses' Gaze
Ulysses' Gaze is a 1995 art-house drama film directed by Theo Angelopoulos, known for its meditative style and exploration of memory, exile, and Balkan history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of a novel
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episode of a novel ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | James Joyce ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | late night ⓘ |
| containedIn | first edition of Ulysses published by Shakespeare and Company ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bloom imagining Stephen as a surrogate son
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Bloom making cocoa for Stephen ⓘ Bloom reflecting on Molly Bloom's adultery ⓘ Bloom reflecting on his dead son Rudy ⓘ Bloom reflecting on his marriage ⓘ Bloom urinating in the garden ⓘ Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus walking to Bloom's house ⓘ Stephen declining Bloom's offer to stay the night ⓘ conversation between Bloom and Stephen ⓘ return of Leopold Bloom to his home ⓘ |
| describedAs | penultimate episode of Ulysses ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1922 ⓘ |
| follows | Ulysses episode "Eumaeus" ⓘ |
| HomericFunction | homecoming of Odysseus ⓘ |
| HomericParallel |
Ithaca in the Odyssey
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linked to:
Homeric Ithaca
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStructure | series of questions and answers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Leopold Bloom
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Stephen Dedalus ⓘ |
| motif |
measurement and calculation
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stars ⓘ water ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | catechism-style ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | question-and-answer format ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | quasi-scientific ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | impersonal ⓘ |
| partOf | Ulysses ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 17 ⓘ |
| precedes | Ulysses episode "Penelope" ⓘ |
| setting | Dublin ⓘ |
| settingTime | night of 16 June 1904 ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
catalogues and lists
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mathematical enumeration ⓘ mock-scholarly tone ⓘ pseudo-scientific precision ⓘ technical vocabulary ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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cosmic perspective ⓘ domestic life ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ father-son relationship ⓘ homecoming ⓘ hospitality ⓘ science and empiricism ⓘ |
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Subject: Ulysses episode "Ithaca" Description of subject: "Ithaca" is the penultimate, catechism-style episode of James Joyce's novel Ulysses, depicting Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus’s late-night return to Bloom’s home and their reflective, quasi-scientific dialogue.
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