J. T. A. Crofton From "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" in Dubliners. At the end of "The Cyclops," he escapes from the Citizen-Cyclops along with Bloom, Martin Cunningham, and Jack Power in Cunningham's carriage.
Martin Cunningham A sometimes kindly man who, on the way to Glasnevin Cemetery, tries to steer the conversation away from suicides (See Bloom's father). After leaving Barney Kiernan's in "The Cyclops," he and Bloom go to the Dignams' house to discuss Paddy's insurance with his widow.
Dan Dawson His speech sentimentalizing Ireland as a land of purling rills is soundly ridiculed in "Aeolus."
Mr. Garrett Deasy Headmaster of the school in Dalkey, where Stephen teaches; Deasy is anti-Semitic, stingy, anti-female, and pro-British. He corresponds to Nestor, the windbag orator of Homer's Odyssey.
Boody Dedalus Stephen's starving sister who calls her father, Simon, "Our father who art not in heaven."
Dilly Dedalus In a pathetic attempt to extricate herself from the family squalor, this sister of Stephen's buys a copy of Chardenal's French Primer. Bloom sees her as a poor, hungry child who stands outside auction rooms while her father is drinking in pubs.
Maggy Dedalus Another impoverished sister of Stephen; she fails to convince a pawn shop to accept her brother's books.
Mrs. May (Mary) Dedalus Stephen's refusal to pray at his mother's deathbed occasions his major guilt in Ulysses. His mother appears to him in "Circe," begging him to repent and to return to the Church. In an act of rebellion, Stephen smashes the brothel chandelier with his ashplant (walking stick) in "Circe."
Simon Dedalus Stephen's alcoholic father; he counters neglect of his family with a fine sense of humor, a clear critical eye, and an excellent singing voice.
Stephen Dedalus Joyce's bright, creative, but perplexed young hero, whose story begins in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. For further discussion, see Character Analyses.
Charles-Paul de Kock French novelist (1794-1871) who wrote trashy books for the lower-middle class. Molly thinks that he probably acquired his name because of his sexual proclivities.
