Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Telemachus/004

Annotations
004.13     Two dactyls Buck Mulligan's real name, Malachi Mulligan, contains two groupings of three syllables. A dactyl is a metrical foot used in poetry which contains a stress on the first syllable, as Mal*ach*i Mull*i*gan.

004.17 Jejune     Mulligan's modifier for "jesuit" reflects the tone of the chapter towards the Catholic faith, tradition, and liturgy.

(1) without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.

(2) juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.

(3) lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.