Gibraltar, Molly Bloom’s hometown, is a small British territory and longtime military base located at the southern tip of Spain.
Gibraltar Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Gibraltar or refer to Gibraltar. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Episode 18: Penelope
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I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.
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Gibraltar Term Timeline in Ulysses
The timeline below shows where the term Gibraltar appears in Ulysses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Episode 13: Nausicaa
...about playing with Milly in her childhood, then he starts to imagine Molly’s childhood in Gibraltar.
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Episode 16: Eumaeus
...doesn’t notice what Murphy is saying. Bloom asks Murphy if he’s “seen the rock of Gibraltar,” but he can’t figure out what Murphy’s grimacing expression means. He asks what year, but...
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Episode 18: Penelope
...them, then considers the newspapers she burns for warmth and the scorching summers back in Gibraltar. She remembers Mrs. Stanhope, who gifted her a frock, and whose daughter Hester was like...
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Mulvey also had to leave Gibraltar on short notice. Before he went, he and Molly spent a day on the rock...
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Molly sifts through other “wild” memories of Gibraltar, like the time she scared away birds by popping open a bag of biscuits, or...
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...on at night for heat. She remembers dressing up her doll during the winter in Gibraltar and starts to worry that she won’t get any sleep at all tonight. She hopes...
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...of Sin, the book that he has brought her. This reminds her of sailing in Gibraltar.
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...Stephen is seeking—her mind drifts from this to Stephen’s last name, the unusual names in Gibraltar, and the little Spanish she still remembers.
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...gazed at the sea and thought about the beauty of her past life and loves Gibraltar, then looked back at him. He asked her again to marry him, and she embraced...
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