Analysis of Ulysses by James Joyce

Student
Molly in the opening lines of a passage from Ulysses called Yes said that
Leopold Bloom, her husband, called her Flower of the mountain and said that
the sun shone for her and those were her reasons because she liked him. Also
she said that he undrestood what a women was but that she could also make him
do what she wanted him to do. Because of these reasons that she mentioned for
liking him I think that Molly is predominantly sensual. In her monologue we can
find images which appeal to each of the five senses. For example, images that
appeal to sense of sight are: rhododendrons (line 2), flower of the mountain
(5-6), the sentry in front of the governors house with the thing round his white
helmet (14-15). Images that appeal to a sense of touch are long kiss (5), I
put my arms around him (37). Sense of taste: I gave him the bit of seedcake
out of my mouth (3-4). On the sense of hearing: The Spanish girls laughing
(16), the fowl market all clucking (19), the castanetes (26). And finally the
images that appeal to a sense of smell are the rosegardens and the jessamine
(31) and also breasts all perfume (38).
In the description of Gibraltar there are some references to colours, for example:
white (15, 23), pink, blue (30), yellow (31) and red (34). References to
flowers: rhododendrons (2), flower of mountain (5-6, 32), jessamine,
geraniums (31), rose (33). Also there were several references to ethnic groups
and these are: Spanish girl (16), Greeks, Jews, Arabs (17-18), Moors (23).
Couple references to animals: all birds fly (13), fowl (19), donkeys
(20), bulls (22). And finally, there were some references to place names and
those are: Howth head (2), Duke street (19), Algeciras (27), the Alameda
gardens (30), Gibraltar (32).
There were couple of images in this text that suggest heat and those are the
sentry. half roasted (14-16) and also men asleep in the shade (21). Images
that suggest joy are: the sea , the sea crimson. And geraniums and cactuses
(28-32). The auction outside Larby Sharons (17-19) and handsome Moors
(23) are images that suggest exoticism. And also there is one image that suggest
eroticism and that is kiss2 (34). In the last section of the text Molly's memoris of
her first lover seem to merge into her memories of Leopold Bloom on the day he
proposed. There were two repeated phrases that establish the link between the
two occasions and those are: my mountain flower and he asked me would i
yes to say yes.
The units of meaning in the passage are connected in four main ways. They are
connected by and (example: and the devil knows who else (18), and the big
wheels of carts (21)), by because (example: I liked him because i saw (8)) by
yes (example: yes first i gave him the bit of seedcake (3)) and by the
juxtaposition of ideas and images. Repetition is also used in the text. Words and
phrases that are repeated in the text are: yes, Flower of the mountain, the
sun shines for you, kiss.

The distribution of the word yes is regular throughour the passage and it is
concentrated at the beginning and end of the text.