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Dublin - The Irish city where Joyce and Stephen grow up

Ireland - A place where politics, history and religion (Catholics vs. Protestants) made for a lot of tension

Clongowes - The first school that Stephen attends,a private, all-boys institution run by Jesuit priests,

Daedalus - The name of a character from Greek mythology who made wax wings for his son, Icarus.

Pandybat - A flat, wooden bat that the priests at Clongowes hit the boys' open palms with as a form of punishment.

Blackrock - A suburb south of Dublin where the Dedalus family and Uncle Charles live for a while

The Count of Monte Cristo - A famous adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas

Belvedere - Where Stephen is approached by the school director about the possibility of giving his life to God as a priest

Virgin Mary - Stephen often calls her to...

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