Joyce is often credited with an inward and celebratory presentation of 'woman.' What do you think of his achievement in that respect? <Tab/>Close analysis of the role of women in Ulysses reveals something of a dichotomy. The aggressive, promiscuous Molly Bloom appears to represent Joyce's delineation of a self-confident, uninhibited 'new woman.' In many respects, Joyce's presentation of 'woman' is ahead of its time - Ulysses provoked outrage …showed first 75 words of 5353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5353 total…be mistaken for other things." Ibid. 17. Cited on "This is the meaning of Bloomsday," Readheaded Ramblings, 16 June 2003 <http://atswimtwobirds.blogspot.com/2003_06_15_atswimtwobirds_archive.html>. In her typically dry style, Nora responded, perhaps tellingly, with a highly quotable quote about her husband: "He knows nothing at all about women." Carolyn G. Heilbrun, "Afterword," Women in Joyce, 216. Cited in Arthur Power, Conversations with James Joyce, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982) 35. Richard Ellman, Letters, 278.