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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Dante's "The Hermaphro- ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [ditic Joyce" ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: o4/95 # of Words:1054 School: ? State: ?
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"The Hermaphroditic Joyce"
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One of the most powerful nuances of any writing is the dialogue within
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the story. In literature, it is all too often that characters live only in
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the jaded voice of the author and never truly develop as their own, or are
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not strongly opinionated in a manner which contrasts the opinions of the
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writer. It is also unfortunately true that the women depicted in most
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male-authored literature do not often sound realistic, or how most women
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one would speak to in the course of the day tend to sound. All too often,
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women are depicted on a lower level of speech than men. For instance,
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Dickens and Arthur Miller both apparently subscribed to this notion, as the
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women in their stories were usually more passive, and not as elaborate as
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men in their speech, however, James Joyce did not see things in the same
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light. The most developed female character in Joyces A Portrait of the
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Artist as a Young Man, is one who speaks with dignity, passion, and the
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female tact which is all too often ignored in the ch aracters of women.
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Joyce's Dante Riordan's words and thoughts are true to those of literate
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twentieth century women.
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Although a short-lived character in Portrait, Dante Riordan, in a brief
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amount of time emits an apparently important and mysterious aura, the aura
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of a woman. Judging from the studies of twentieth century linguists,
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Joyce's brief representation of Dante through speech is nearly flawless. To
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more lucidly understand this, one must carefully examine some of the
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instances at which Dante speaks in her conversation with Mr. and Mrs.
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Dedalus, Charles, and Mr. Casey, and re-examine the arguments she makes.
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Dante is introduced into the dinner table conversation as a silent
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character. However, when the men's conversation turns to the misuse of the
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preacher's pulpit, Dante begins her interjections.
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All too often, women in literature remain linguistically dormant unless
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called upon, however, studies conducted in the reality outside the covers
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of a book have shown that women will interrupt a conversation to contradict
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a previous speaker, and do so vehemently (Coates, 193). A nice answer for
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any man calling himself a catholic to give to his priest, (Joyce, 273)
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states Dante as her first response.
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At this point, Dante has drawn herself into the conversation. Never
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speaking out of turn (as linguists are always quick to point out about
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women), Dante's next few lines are responses to the rebuttals of Mr.
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Dedalus and Mr. Casey. In these lines, she defends priests in that it is
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their duty to teach, warn, and direct their flocks. According to the
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findings of most linguists, strong beliefs in religion and authority are
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held by women, and a desire to speak in favor of them is inherent to
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feminine nature. The bishops and priests of Ireland have spoken, and they
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must be obeyed (Joyce, 274). Linguist, Jennifer Coates states that
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woman-speak is revolved around power, and, as Dante illustrates in this
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quote, that women's conversational style, and topics of interest will
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usually be subconcious admittances to the idea that women must obey men,
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and remain socially submissive (Coates, 203).
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Joyce's realistic portrayal of Dante does not end there, however. In
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studying the findings of linguists, it becomes clear that during the
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Renaissance, it was proper for a woman to be silent and a man to be
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eloquent. However, the increased level of female literacy in the late
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nineteenth and early to present twentieth century, changed this philosophy,
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and it is now expected that women be just as, if not more eloquent than
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men. As Dante continues her conversation, she quotes the Bible in response
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to the ongoing attacks of the men at the dinner table in the presence of
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women and a child: Woe be to the man by whom the scandal cometh! It would
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be better for him that a millstone were tied about his neck and that he
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should scandalise one of these, my least little ones. (Joyce, 274)
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Even today, it is rare in literature to find a woman allude to, let alone
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directly quote literature as a witty response to a verbal assault. Women
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have an instinctive shrinking from coarse and gross expressions and a
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preference for refined and (in certain spheres) veiled and indirect
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expressions (Coates, Jesperson, 126). What better way is there to describe
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Dante Riordan? Her primary reason for involving herself with the
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conversation from the start is the vile blasphemy at hand. Of her sixteen
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turns in the conversation, eight of them are devoted to reprimanding the
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'language' that she hears from the mouths of the men. To assert the reality
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of Dante's character even further, look to sociolinguist William Labov. He
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writes that, in lower and middle-class groups, females are far less
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tolerant of incorrect grammar and taboo (Labov, 207). This was made
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pleasantly lucid in the character of Dante Riordan. In light of all of
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this, it steadily becomes more apparent that Joyce had paid careful
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attention to real conversational language. In the characters of the men, he
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captured the competitive attitudes, vulgarity, and lack of tact which are
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so often marks of men in English speaking societies. But more importantly,
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through the character of Dante, he captured the fire, the respect, the
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subconscious submission, and the maternal aversion for taboo that unite to
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form the psyche of this century's woman. Joyce, in spite of his hatred of
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the church, designed a character who's few spoken words do all they can to
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uphold the honor of the imperfect institution, and aside from Mr. Dedalus's
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final immature remark, Dante has the last word, and in effect wins the
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conversation. This is literary genius. Developing thoroughly and
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realistically the character of a non-existent person in the medium of text
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alone is a monumental task, but one that appears so effortless in Joyce's
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portrayal of Dante. A problem re mains, however<65> where are all of the other
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real women in dead white male literature?
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Bibliography
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1) Bloom, Harold. Modern Critical Interpretations: James Joyce's A Portrait
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of the Artist as a Young Man. New York:Chelsea House Publishers, 1988.
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2) Coates, Jennifer. Women, Men and Language. New York:Longman, 1993.
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3) Labov, William. Variation in Language in Reed, C.E.O The Learning of
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Language. National Council of Teachers of English, New York, 1971.
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Dante's voice in Portrait.
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