Hamlet

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I will not sleep here tonight.
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Like Telemachus, Stephen (alternatively Hamlet/Shakespeare/Telemachus) has been thrust from his home and into his quest, thus initiating the dynamic action of the drama; unlike Telemachus, Stephen is not consciously aware that the object of his quest is a father-figure.

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the tower
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As in Hamlet, the action commences as characters move among castle turrets, or their counterpart. Soon, as we shall see, thoughts of a ghost will preoccupy Stephen Dedalus, our broody prince.

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If I fell over a cliff that beetles o'er his base
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Shakespeare, with allusion to both Hamlet and King Lear.