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Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis

Characters

The characters of Scylla and Charybdis, from our Ulysses Character Project

Places

Walking Ulysses, from Boston College, including historical and contemporary maps of Dublin for each episode

The places (beyond Dublin) of Scylla and Charybdis, from our Global Ulysses Project

From Gerry Carlin and Mair Evans, notes on Scylla and Charybdis

Schemata

Joyce wrote two schemata of Ulysses for his friends Carlo Linati and Stuart Gilbert; they are now known as the Linati Schema and the Gilbert Schema, respectively. Each schema outlines the fundamental structure of the novel. The schemata were not intended for widespread distribution, but after they were published, they became an important part of scholars' and readers' conversations about Ulysses. The following section combines the two schemata to give a collated version for Scylla and Charybdis.

Time (Linati): 2pm - 3pm
Hour (Gilbert): 2pm
Scene (Gilbert): The Library
Color (Linati): -
Color (Gilbert): -
People (Linati): Scylla, Charybdis, Telemachus, Ulysses, Antinous
Science/art (Linati): Literature
Art (Gilbert): Literature
Meaning (Linati): The double-edge sword
Technic (Linati): Whirlpools
Technic (Gilbert): Dialectic
Organ (Linati): Brain
Organ (Gilbert): Brain
Symbols (Linati): Hamlet, Shakespeare, Christ, Socrates, London, Stratford, scholasticism, mysticism, Plato,Aristotle, youth, maturity
Symbol (Gilbert): Stratford / London