Tht.23.3
This whole paragraph Stephen is giving himself a good dressing down.
Ts.23.3
Cousin Stephen, you will never be a saint. Isle of saints. You were awfully holy, weren’t you? You prayed to the Blessed Virgin that you might not have a red nose. You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fusby widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street, O si, certo! Sell your soul for that, do, dyed rags pinned round squaw. More tell me, more still! On the top of the Howth tram alone crying to the rain: Naked Women! Naked women! What about that, eh?
23.3.1
Tht.23.3.1
Cousin Stephen
I think he is being sarcastic when he calls himself by a term of endearment
Maybe his cousin is talking to him and is being a real dick, but I don’t think so,
you will never be a saint
Did he want to be a saint?
He did want to be a higher class
A priest
Alumni for a fancy school?
Good old fashioned negative self talk.
How do you become a Saint?
23.3.1½
Ot.23.3.1½
Isle of Saints
Irlanda, Isola dei Santi e dei Savi
The Critical Writings of James Joyce
4.27.1907
23.3.2
Tht.23.3.2
You were awfully holy
You were awful and holy.
You were very holy.
You were awful at being holy.
Awful vs. holy
G.23.3.2
Awful
Adjective
Very
Very bad
Unpleasant
Extremely shocking
Horrific
(of a person)
Very unwell
Troubled
Unhappy
Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or negative
(Archaic) Inspiring wonder or fear
23.3.3
Ot.23.3.3
red nose
Rhinophyma
It is an unfortunate and deceptively famous disfiguring skin deforming disorder that makes your nose red, bulbous and bumpy. It is caused by the proliferation of your sebaceous gland and other underlying connective tissue.
History
In 1846 a man named Fernidando Hebra Von, probably a doctor, saw some ugly noses, and recognized his meal ticket in the cutthroat era of dermatological science. First, he linked it with Rosacea, the skin condition that turns your face red, the mortal enemy of easily embarrassed people. He continued to tinker with it until he made it a bonafide standalone skin disorder, throwing it in the mix with other phopas of facial fashion like: Mentophyma (Chin), Metophyma (Forehead), Gnathophyma (Chin), Otophyma (Ears) and Blepharophyma (Eyelids).
The Name
The Greeks know how to apply a catchy name.
rhis -> nose
phyma -> skin tumor
The Stigma
You know when you drink, sometimes your cheeks get a little blush? Well that is because your blood vessels are getting busy and pushing up into your skin. For just about everybody, it was just assumed that if you drink too much, your nose is just gonna stay red and get uglier. This led to Rhinophyma to be linked with excessive drinking, which in turn led to a pop culture world of villains, antagonists and drunks with endearing names like Whisky Nose, Potato Nose and Gin Blossom. It wouldn't be until 2015 that Scientists would discover that Rhinophyma had nothing to do with each other. But, know you, the damage was done. Here follows a list of victims of the Rhinophyma stigma.
The queen in Snow White
Mr.Smee in Peter Pan
Big Nose in Tangled
Rudolf
The Heat Miser
Mr.101
Weary Willy
Possibly clowns in general, if you're willing to make a leap of logic.
Gin Blossoms
Hey Jealousy
Of course, There are those who have shone a more wholesome light on this unfortunate nose snag.
The Painting
The Old Man and His Grandson
Domenico Ghrilandaio
1490
23.3.4
You prayed to the devil in Serpentine avenue that the fusby widow in front might lift her clothes still more from the wet street,
Loc.23.3.4
Serpentine Avenue
A street in Sandy Mount that passes under the Dublin and Kingstown Railway line. After Claremont, it becomes Trintoville Road
Take photo
Thr.23.3.4
Serpentine Avenue
Snake
Dublin Road
What is the difference between snake and serpent?
Ot.23.3.4
Serpentine . Serpent
Bbl.Genesis.3
The Fall of Mankind
3.1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
3.2
The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees we may eat;
3.3
But from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die’.”
3.4
The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!
3.5
For God know that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God,
Or
and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.”
3.6
When the woman saw that the tree was food for food,and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
3.7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themself waist coverings.
3.8
Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
3.9
The Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
3.10
He said,``I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
3.11
And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”
3.12
The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
3.13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The Serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
3.14
Then the lord God said to the serpent,
3.15
Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all the livestock, and more than any animal of the field; on your belly you shall go, And dust you shall eat all the days of your life; and I will make enemies of you and the woman,
Or
And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
And of your offspring and her Descendant;
Or
And of your seed and of her Seed
Seed
An apparent prophetic reference of Christ.
He shall bruise you on the head,
Or
He shall crush you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the Heel.”
3.16
To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you shall deliver children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”
3.17
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it; cursed is the ground because of you; With hard labor you shall eat from it all of the days of your life.
3.18
Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; Yet you shall eat the plants of the field;
3.19
By the sweat of your face, you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
3.20
Now the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of the living.
3.21
And the Lord god made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
3.22
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now,he might reach out with his hand, and take the fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”--
3.23
Therefore for the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
3.24
So he drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
Revelations 20
Satan Bound
20.1
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Or
Holding the key of the abyss anda great chain upon his hand.
20.2
And he took hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
20.3
and he threw him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be release for a short time.
Why? 1k years? Why at all?
20.4
Then I saw the thrones, and they sat on them,and judgement was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast of his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hands, and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
20.5
The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This was the first resurrection.
20.6
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, and they will be priests of God and Christ, and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Satan Freed and Doomed
20.7
When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison.
20.8
And will come out to deceive the nation which are at the four corners of the earth,
When did we find out the earth was round?
Gog and Magog,
Who are Gog and Magog
to gather them together for the war, the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.
20.9
And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saint and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
20.10
And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Judgment at the Throne of God
20.11
Then I saw the great white throne and him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, no place was found for them.
20.12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened; and another scroll was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the scrolls, according to their deeds.
20.13
And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them;
Is Greek mythology part of the Christian bible canon?
And they were judged, each of them according to their deeds.
20.14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
20.15
And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Because God doesn’t make clerical errors.
G.23.3.4
Fusby
Noun
A contemptuous designation applied to women
A rude name for women
Fubsy
Adjective
Chubby
Serpentine
Noun
Something that winds sinuously
A mineral or rock consisting of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance
Serpent
Middle English
Via Old French
From Latin serpent
From verb sepere
Noun
(Literary) A large snake
A biblical name for Satan
A general mythical reptile
Like a dragon
(****15)
Fed and feeding brains about me under glowlamps, impaled, with faintly beating feelers: and in my mind's darkness a sloth of the underworld, reluctant, shy of brightness, shifting her dragon scaly folds.
A person who:
Is sly
Is sneaky
Is treacherous
Who exploits a trusted position to betray it.
A bass wind instrument made of leather covered wood in three U-shaped turns with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and a few keys.
It was played in military and church bands from the 17th -19th centuries.
Adjective
Of or resembling a serpent
Either in appearance or actions.
Subtly
Wily
Tempting
Winding or turning one way and another
Having a compound curve or convex
23.3.5
O si, certo!
Tr.23.3.5
O si, certo
Italian
Oh yes, certainly!
Why does he say this?
1448 (6/2) - Domenico Ghrilandaio was born.
1490 - Domenico Ghrilandaio painted The Old Man and His Grandson.
1494 (1/11) - Domenico Ghrilandaio died.
1816 (9/7) - Ferdinand Ritter Von Hebra was born.
1846 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra classified Rhinophyma as a skin disorder.
1880 (8/5) - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra died.
1907 (4/27) - The Critical Writing of James Joyce was Published.
2015 - Scientists discover that Rhinophyma is not linked to alcohol.
