ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what context does Joyce use the term “amor matris, ” or motherly love?
A
in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to describe family relationships
B
in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his discussions about death
C
in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art
D
in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe his personal identity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ulysses is a poem which gives us details about the unhappiness and monotony Ulysses is going through in his old age. He is living at his home on the island of Ithaca. The summary of Ulysses will take us through the monologue which he speaks in the poem. We learn that Ulysses is not content with the way of his life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stephen’s struggles tend to center around his parents. His mother, who seems to blame Stephen for refusing to pray at her deathbed, represents not only a mother’s love but also the church and Ireland. Stephen is haunted by his mother’s memory and ghost in the same ways that he is haunted by memories of his early piety.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Remorse of Conscience The theme of remorse runs through Ulysses to address the feelings associated with modern breaks with family and tradition.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.” “As you are now so once were we.” “The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of the dreams and visions in a peasant’s heart on the hillside.” “If Socrates leaves his house today he will find the sage seated on his doorstep.

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