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J.J. O’Molloy
Mr. Power is a polite but distant (and occasionally insensitive) Dublin policeman. He goes to Paddy Dignam’s funeral along with Bloom, Simon Dedalus, and Martin Cunningham in “Hades.” During the carriage ride, he commits a major gaffe by proclaiming that suicide is disgraceful, without realizing that Bloom’s father committed suicide. Later, he helps Bloom escape from the citizen in “Cyclops.”
Jack Power Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Jack Power or refer to Jack Power. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Episode 6: Hades Quotes
White horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping. A tiny coffin flashed by. In a hurry to bury. A mourning coach. Unmarried. Black for the married. Piebald for bachelors. Dun for a nun.
—Sad, Martin Cunningham said. A child.
A dwarf’s face, mauve and wrinkled like little Rudy’s was. Dwarf’s body, weak as putty, in a whitelined deal box. Burial friendly society pays. Penny a week for a sod of turf. Our. Little. Beggar. Baby. Meant nothing. Mistake of nature. If it’s healthy it’s from the mother. If not from the man. Better luck next time.
—Poor little thing, Mr Dedalus said. It’s well out of it.
The carriage climbed more slowly the hill of Rutland square. Rattle his bones. Over the stones. Only a pauper. Nobody owns.
—In the midst of life, Martin Cunningham said.
—But the worst of all, Mr Power said, is the man who takes his own life.
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Jack Power Character Timeline in Ulysses
The timeline below shows where the character Jack Power appears in Ulysses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Episode 6: Hades
Martin Cunningham, Mr. Power, Simon Dedalus, and Leopold Bloom get into a carriage to join Dignam’s funeral procession. Bloom...
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...in Dublin.” He ponders Molly’s aging body, which he still finds delightful and shapely. Mr. Power politely asks about Molly’s concert tour, and Bloom explains that he can’t go due to...
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Cunningham, Dedalus, Power, and Bloom pass Reuben J, laugh at him, and chat about how his son tried...
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...another funeral procession carrying a tiny child’s coffin. Bloom again remembers his son Rudy, and Power comments that suicide is “the greatest disgrace to have in the family,” but Cunningham insists...
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...a flock of sheep march through the streets, blocking the carriage’s path. “Emigrants,” quips Mr. Power, noting that the animals are probably heading to England for slaughter. Bloom points out that...
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...the mourners from another funeral leave and watches men carry Dignam’s coffin inside. Cunningham tells Power that Bloom’s father poisoned himself, while Bloom asks Kernan about Dignam’s life insurance and expresses...
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Episode 10: Wandering Rocks
In the fifteenth vignette, Martin Cunningham and Mr. Power talk about the Dignam boy’s plight. (The narrative briefly jumps to show Miss Kennedy and...
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Episode 12: Cyclops
Martin Cunningham, Jack Power, and Crofton arrive at the bar. The novel briefly retells this arrival in a pseudo-medieval...
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...the narrator and the citizen accuse him of trying to keep a secret. Cunningham, Jack Power, and Crofton rush Bloom out of the bar and into their car. In a parody...
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