Conflicting Desires in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
In the story, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, written by
James Joyce, the main character Stephen Dedalus has many encounters with
women. Women and sexuality are major influences on Stephen's adolescent
life. Another major factor that has an influence on Stephen's life is the
Church. Women and sexuality conflict with the Church and its beliefs, and
that is one of Stephen's major problems thus far. Stephen is having a very
big identity crisis, from being a God fearing Catholic to a very hormonal
teenager.
As Stephen sits at the "adults" dinner table for the first time,
his father, Mr. Casey and Dante are fighting about religion and politics in
Ireland. As they are arguing, Stephen's train of thought leads him to think
about Eileen. Eileen Vance was the little girl that Stephen wanted to marry
when he was younger. She is described to have ivory hands and golden hair,
which confuses Stephen with the phrases, "Tower of Ivory" and "House of
Gold" which is part of the Roman Catholic Litany of Our Lady. Later when
Stephen is at school, he again thinks about Eileen. Stephen gets his first
sensual experience from Eileen when she puts her hand into his pocket and
touches his hand. Stephen gets quite confused with the terms of the Litany
of Our Lady so he starts to associate the "Tower of Ivory" and "House of
Gold" to Eileen. The way James Joyce describes the scene, "She had put her
hand into his pocket where his hand was and he had felt how cool and thin
and soft her hand was."(43) gives the reader the idea that Stephen enjoyed
the feeling. The only problem with Eileen was that she was a Protestant and
Stephen was a Catholic. Stephen also associates women with the Virgin Mary,
who was the mother of Jesus Christ. He thinks women as pure, just as Mary
was and since he already associated the "Tower of Ivory" and "House of
Gold" with Eileen, he assumes her to be like the Virgin.
Another influence of women in Stephen's life comes from the story
"The Count of Monte Cristo" while reading this story, Stephen starts to
fantasize about Mercedes.
Since she could not own, much less lose a realm, the speaker seems to be
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As James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man unfolds, the central theme of isolation and rejection becomes evident. From birth to adolescence, the protagonist of the story, Stephen Dedalus, responds to his experiences throughout life with actions of rejection and isolation. He rebels against his environment and isolates himself in schoolwork, family, religion and his art, successively. James Joyce uses Stephen Dedalus' responses of isolation and rejection to illustrate the journey that the artist must take to achieve adulthood.
James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man presents an account of the formative years of aspiring author Stephen Dedalus. "The very title of the novel suggests that Joyce's focus throughout will be those aspects of the young man's life that are key to his artistic development" (Drew 276). Each event in Stephen's life -- from the opening story of the moocow to his experiences with religion and the university -- contributes to his growth as an artist. Central to the experiences of Stephen's life are, of course, the people with whom he interacts, and of primary importance among these people are women, who, as his story progresses, prove to be a driving force behind Stephen's art.
James Joyce in his novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” says “The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful.” (134) For Stephen Dedalus after the reoccuring stream of consciousness throughout his youth, one of the factors of his creation into the artist is women. Indeed it is the women throughout the novel that shape Stephen into the man he finds himself becoming toward the end. Six women in particular that form specific functions in Stephens life are: Stephen’s mother, Eileen, Mercedes, the Virgin Mary, the prostitute, the birdlike woman by the water. These women affect and shape his character by loving him, inspiring him, and fascinating him.