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Rudolf Bloom, Sr.
Leopold and Molly Bloom’s son Rudy died eleven days after he was born, about a decade before the events of Ulysses. They also haven’t had sex ever since. Bloom frequently remembers Rudy’s death, which he sees as a representation of his failure as a father and husband. Stephen Dedalus stands in for Rudy in the final episodes of the novel—especially at the end of “Circe,” when Bloom feels a sense of fatherly purpose while caring for Stephen, then has a vision of Rudy.
Rudolf Bloom, Jr. Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Rudolf Bloom, Jr. or refer to Rudolf Bloom, Jr.. 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 15: Circe
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(Against the dark wall a figure appears slowly, a fairy boy of eleven, a changeling, kidnapped, dressed in an Eton suit with glass shoes and a little bronze helmet, holding a book in his hand. He reads from right to left inaudibly, smiling, kissing the page.)
BLOOM: (wonderstruck, calls inaudibly) Rudy!
RUDY: (gazes, unseeing, into Bloom’s eyes and goes on reading, kissing, smiling. He has a delicate mauve face. On his suit he has diamond and ruby buttons. In his free left hand he holds a slim ivory cane with a violet bowknot. A white lambkin peeps out of his waistcoat pocket.)
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Rudolf Bloom, Jr. Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Rudolf Bloom, Jr. or refer to Rudolf Bloom, Jr.. 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:
).
Episode 15: Circe
Quotes
(Against the dark wall a figure appears slowly, a fairy boy of eleven, a changeling, kidnapped, dressed in an Eton suit with glass shoes and a little bronze helmet, holding a book in his hand. He reads from right to left inaudibly, smiling, kissing the page.)
BLOOM: (wonderstruck, calls inaudibly) Rudy!
RUDY: (gazes, unseeing, into Bloom’s eyes and goes on reading, kissing, smiling. He has a delicate mauve face. On his suit he has diamond and ruby buttons. In his free left hand he holds a slim ivory cane with a violet bowknot. A white lambkin peeps out of his waistcoat pocket.)
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