Episode 1 (Telemachus)
Mulligan's 'snotgreen sea' and 'scrotumtightening sea' set his mocking register; Stephen mentally labels him 'Usurper' as the chapter closes.
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From Ulysses by James Joyce
Mulligan is Stephen's witty, blasphemous, betraying friend - the 'usurper' who occupies Stephen's place and mocks his grief.
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