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FZanaboni - Questions about Molly's Final Monologue
by FZanaboni - (2011-01-30)
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1)

Molly Bloom is alone in bed and while trying to sleep, she is thinking about time and other things that are connected with it. As a consequence in her mind there is a flow of thoughts.

 

2)

All the things which come to her mind are:

  • - the people living in China
  • - the nuns
  • - the alarm clock
  • - her desire to sleep
  • - the flowers
  • - wallpaper in Lombard Street
  • - what she will do tomorrow
  • - her husband
  • - nature
  • - God and atheists
  • - the first long kiss between her and her husband Leopold
  • - Mulvey, Mr. Stanhope, Hester, the old Capitan and the sailors (her lovers)
  • - the past

4)

I interpret the final "Yes I said Yes I will Yes" as the strong Molly's desire to become Leopold's wife. She will to marry him and she is agree with his suggestion. She reminds that initially she said "yes ", then she said "yes I will" to highlight that she would become his wife and finally she said "yes" to confirm her decision.

 

 

5)

Molly is a woman, married to Leopold and, as recalls her name, very sensual. She is autonomous and independent and she knows what she wants from life. She is a modern woman, and she may be considered an emblem of female principles. She is a character of 20th century because is very different of a Victorian woman: she is unfaithful and represent the paradigm of female sensuality.