A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: Conflicting Desires Within A Doctrine
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a
In the story, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, written by
James Joyce, the main character Stephen Dedalus has many encounters with
women. Women and sexuality are major influences on Stephen's adolescent
life. Another majo ....
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.... with the phrases, "Tower of Ivory" and "House of
Gold" which is part of the Roman Catholic Litany of Our Lady. Later when
Stephen is at school, he again thinks about Eileen. Stephen gets his first
sensual experience from Eileen when she puts her hand into his pocket and
touches his hand. Stephen gets quite confused with the terms of the Litany
of Our Lady so he starts to associate the "Tower of Ivory" and "House of
Gold" to Eileen. The way James Joyce describes the scene, "She had put her
han ....
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