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| − | + | * '''theos:''' (''Greek'') God → at [[Page_598|FW 598.09]] '''The''' follows the word '''Diu''', which suggests ''Dieu'', God (''French'') | |
| + | ** "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God [και θεος ην ο λογος]" (John 1:1) → as in the beginning so in the end | ||
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| + | * '''thé:''' (''French'') tea; the river Liffey, being tea-coloured (something Joyce keeps stressing); joined with the article it's "le thé" or "Lethe", the underground river of oblivion in Hades (Greek mythology) | ||
| + | ** And "le" and "the", both being articles, bear as little significance as possible, and so are "unsubstantial" and virtually invisible - as the hidden meanings in the wake's night-language; cf. Joyce on Ulysses' "yes": "least forceful word [...] barely pronounced, which denotes acquiescence, self-abandon, relaxation, the end of all resistance" | ||
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| + | * '''the = tea = tay:''' Joyce believed that all fairy tales should begin "Once upon a time" and end with everyone sitting down to a nice cup of tea. He managed to begin ''A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man'' with the perfect beginning and to end ''Finnegans Wake'' with the perfect ending | ||
Latest revision as of 09:52, 30 August 2008
- theos: (Greek) God → at FW 598.09 The follows the word Diu, which suggests Dieu, God (French)
- "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God [και θεος ην ο λογος]" (John 1:1) → as in the beginning so in the end
- thé: (French) tea; the river Liffey, being tea-coloured (something Joyce keeps stressing); joined with the article it's "le thé" or "Lethe", the underground river of oblivion in Hades (Greek mythology)
- And "le" and "the", both being articles, bear as little significance as possible, and so are "unsubstantial" and virtually invisible - as the hidden meanings in the wake's night-language; cf. Joyce on Ulysses' "yes": "least forceful word [...] barely pronounced, which denotes acquiescence, self-abandon, relaxation, the end of all resistance"
- the = tea = tay: Joyce believed that all fairy tales should begin "Once upon a time" and end with everyone sitting down to a nice cup of tea. He managed to begin A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man with the perfect beginning and to end Finnegans Wake with the perfect ending
