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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Isaac]: son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Abraham], second of the patriarchs and father to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Jacob] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau Esau]. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah Rebecca]), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother.
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* '''Isaac:''' son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac Wikipedia]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham Wikipedia]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Wikipedia]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esau Wikipedia]
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah Wikipedia]
  
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issac_Butt Issac Butt]: Irish Protestant who began the Home Rule Party which was later led by Charles Stewart [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Parnell Parnell]. (see [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Buttended buttended])
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issac_Butt Issac Butt]: Irish Protestant who began the Home Rule Party which was later led by Charles Stewart [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Parnell Parnell]. (see [http://www.finnegansweb.com/wiki/index.php/Buttended buttended])
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160134&q1=Butt Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160134&q1=Butt Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
  
* eye-sick: i.e. blind
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* '''eye-sick:''' i.e. blind
  
* Parnell and Butt as Shem and Shaun → Shem and Shaun are associated with the bedroom door → this, the fourth of seven clauses in this paragraph, corresponds to "swerve of shore" in the first paragraph → 4th of 7 elements in a second circuit of [[HCE]]'s bedroom
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* '''Isaac Bickerstaff:''' a persona or pseudonym used by [[Jonathan Swift]]
  
* '''Isaac Bickerstaff''', a persona/pseudonym used by [[Jonathan Swift]]
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==Commentary==
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* Parnell and Butt as [[Shem]] and [[Shaun]]. Shem and Shaun are associated with the bedroom door; this, the fourth of seven clauses in this paragraph, corresponds to "swerve of shore" in the first paragraph, the 4th of 7 elements in a second circuit of [[HCE]]'s bedroom

Revision as of 11:39, 21 November 2007

  • Isaac: son of Abraham, second of the patriarchs and father to Jacob and Esau. Isaac was fooled into blessing Jacob, the younger son (who had the aid of his mother, Rebecca), instead of Esau, the elder son, when Jacob wore a goatskin on his arms and neck in order to appear as his more hairy brother
  • eye-sick: i.e. blind


Commentary

  • Parnell and Butt as Shem and Shaun. Shem and Shaun are associated with the bedroom door; this, the fourth of seven clauses in this paragraph, corresponds to "swerve of shore" in the first paragraph, the 4th of 7 elements in a second circuit of HCE's bedroom