Molly Bloom is a fictional character in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce. The wife of main character Leopold Bloom, she roughly corresponds to Penelope in the Odyssey. The major difference between Molly and Penelope is that while Penelope is eternally faithful, Molly is not. Molly has an affair with Blazes Boylan after ten years of her celibacy within her marriage. Joyce modeled the character upon his wife Nora Barnacle; indeed, the day upon which the novel is set -- June 16, 1904, now called Bloomsday -- is that of their first date. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The first edition of Ulysses was published in 1922. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... Leopold Bloom is a fictional character in James Joyces novel Ulysses. ... Penelope represented as a statue in the Vatican, Rome Penélopê (Πηνελοπεια) is a character of the Odyssey, one of the two great epic poems (the other being the Iliad; both are attributed to Homer) of ancient Greek literature. ... Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre The Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... Nora Barnacle (March 1884 - April 10, 1951) was the lover, companion, inspiration and eventually wife of author James Joyce. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bloomsday is a secular holiday, celebrated annually on June 16. ...

Molly, whose given name is Marion, was born on Gibraltar in 1870, the daughter of Major Tweedy and Lunita Laredo. Molly and Leopold were married in 1888. She is the mother of Milly Bloom, who, at the age of 15, has gone away to learn the art of photography. She is also the mother of Rudy Bloom, who died at the age of 11 days. Molly is known in Dublin as an opera singer of some renown.

The final, unpunctuated chapter of Ulysses, often called "Molly Bloom's Soliloquy," is a long stream of consciousness passage comprising her thoughts as she lies in bed next to Bloom. The name Ulysses can mean: The Roman equivalent of Odysseus A 1922 novel by James Joyce: Ulysses (novel) A 1967 movie based on the novel, Ulysses (movie) A solar probe: Ulysses (spacecraft) A poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson A anime television program produced by DiC Entertainment: Ulysses 31 An indie... Molly Blooms soliloquy is the final chapter of James Joyces novel Ulysses (often referred to as Penelope, after Mollys mythical counterpart). ... In psychology and philosophy stream of consciousness, introduced by William James, is the set of constantly changing inner thoughts and sensations which an individual has while conscious, used as a synonym for stream of thought. ...

References

Blamires, Harry (1988). The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses (Revised Edition Keyed to the Corrected Text). London: Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-00704-6.

Joyce, James (1992). Ulysses: The 1934 Text, as Corrected and Reset in 1961. New York: The Modern Library. ISBN: 0-679-60011-6.