Difference between revisions of "Iris Trees"
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* '''Iris Tree:''' a pink haired English actress and writer whom Joyce came to know in Paris | * '''Iris Tree:''' a pink haired English actress and writer whom Joyce came to know in Paris | ||
| − | * '''Iris:''' the rainbow goddess → rainbows in FW represent the end of conflict after a fall as a sign of gods promise to Noah ([[HCE]]) and the seven colours (an important number in FW) representing the members of the household: HCE, ALP, Shem, Shaun and Issy with the addition of either [[Kate|K]] and S the[[Media:Example.ogg]] manservant or Issy's other personality and Tristan | + | * '''Iris:''' the rainbow goddess → rainbows in FW represent the end of conflict after a fall as a sign of gods promise to Noah ([[HCE]]) and the seven colours (an important number in FW) representing the members of the household: HCE, ALP, Shem, Shaun and Issy with the addition of either [[Kate|K]] and S the[[Media:Example.ogg]] manservant or Issy's other personality and Tristan → the seven colours combine to make white, the colour of the lily |
* '''iris:''' a flowering plant → Issy as a flower maiden | * '''iris:''' a flowering plant → Issy as a flower maiden | ||
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* '''iris:''' part of the eye → also identifies Iris Trees with Shaun, who has good eyesight | * '''iris:''' part of the eye → also identifies Iris Trees with Shaun, who has good eyesight | ||
| − | * '''trees:''' Shem is associated with the tree and Shaun with the stone (Shem + Shaun = treestone = Tristan) → Iris Trees combines Shem, Shaun and Issy, just like Lily O'Rangans | + | * '''trees:''' Shem is associated with the tree and Shaun with the stone (Shem + Shaun = treestone = Tristan) → Iris Trees combines Shem, Shaun and Issy, just like Lily O'Rangans → Irish Threes = Shem-Shaun-Tristan trio = the three soldiers in the Phoenix Park who are somehow mixed up in HCE's crime |
* '''trees:''' greenery → Irish and Catholic → [[ALP]] | * '''trees:''' greenery → Irish and Catholic → [[ALP]] | ||
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* '''Iris Trees''' one half of Issy's split personality → one of the two girls HCE encounters in the park | * '''Iris Trees''' one half of Issy's split personality → one of the two girls HCE encounters in the park | ||
* '''can't see the wood for the trees:''' (''phrase'') we are being told to stand back and try to see the wood (the big picture) ratherthan the trees | * '''can't see the wood for the trees:''' (''phrase'') we are being told to stand back and try to see the wood (the big picture) ratherthan the trees | ||
Revision as of 08:05, 5 April 2011
- Iris Tree: a pink haired English actress and writer whom Joyce came to know in Paris
- Iris: the rainbow goddess → rainbows in FW represent the end of conflict after a fall as a sign of gods promise to Noah (HCE) and the seven colours (an important number in FW) representing the members of the household: HCE, ALP, Shem, Shaun and Issy with the addition of either K and S theMedia:Example.ogg manservant or Issy's other personality and Tristan → the seven colours combine to make white, the colour of the lily
- iris: a flowering plant → Issy as a flower maiden
- iris: part of the eye → also identifies Iris Trees with Shaun, who has good eyesight
- trees: Shem is associated with the tree and Shaun with the stone (Shem + Shaun = treestone = Tristan) → Iris Trees combines Shem, Shaun and Issy, just like Lily O'Rangans → Irish Threes = Shem-Shaun-Tristan trio = the three soldiers in the Phoenix Park who are somehow mixed up in HCE's crime
- trees: greenery → Irish and Catholic → ALP
- Iris Trees one half of Issy's split personality → one of the two girls HCE encounters in the park
- can't see the wood for the trees: (phrase) we are being told to stand back and try to see the wood (the big picture) ratherthan the trees
