Character List

C. P. M'Coy A strange Dubliner who is in the habit of borrowing valises and then pawning them. Although he does not show up at Dignam's funeral, he is reported to have been there in Hynes's newspaper story.

John Henry Menton A solicitor who is ruffled in "Hades" when Bloom points out a dent in his hat. Menton was once a rival for Molly's affections, and, in 1887, at Mat Dillon's, Bloom bested him at a game of bowls.

George Robert Mesias Bloom's tailor who once explained that Bloom was hard to fit since both his testicles were on the right side. Bloom became acquainted with Boylan at Mesias's shop in September, 1903.

George Moore Well-known Irish novelist. It is revealed in "Scylla and Charybdis" that Stephen has not been invited to Moore's get-together on the evening of June 16, even though Mulligan and Haines have been asked to come to the literary discussion.

Buck Mulligan The complex alter ego of Stephen; he is witty, cynical, and blasphemous, but he is also courageous. Mulligan "baits" Stephen several times in Ulysses and, finally, he apparently has a physical scuffle with him before Stephen leaves for the brothel district. At the end of Ulysses, Mulligan and Haines return to the Martello Tower, and the now homeless Stephen finds that his place has been irrevocably usurped by this Dublin medical student.

Lieutenant Harry Mulvey Molly's first love, when she was fifteen, on Gibraltar. In "Penelope," Molly remembers masturbating him into a handkerchief, and she wonders what he is doing now.

W. B. Murphy A sailor who appears in the cabman's shelter in "Eumaeus"; the drunken red-bearded Murphy is Joyce's embodiment of the Returning Wanderer. He is apparently from the three-master Rosevean, which Stephen sees at the end of "Proteus."

Joseph Patrick Nannetti Foreman of the Freeman's who half-listens to Bloom's problems over the Keyes's ad, then leaves Dublin for the House of Commons, having settled nothing about the exchange.

J. J. O'Molloy One of the cronies at the newspaper office in "Aeolus." He opens a door and strikes Bloom (accidently); there is no room for Bloom in this "inn."


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