Molly Bloom's soliloquy is the final chapter of James Joyce's novel Ulysses (often referred to as Penelope, after Molly's mythical counterpart). James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (February 2, 1882 – January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The first edition of Ulysses was published in 1922. ...

It is a compilation of the thoughts of Molly Bloom, the concert-singing wife of advertising agent Leopold Bloom, whose wanderings around Dublin are followed in much of the book. The very last words of the book are: Molly Bloom is a fictional character in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce. ... Leopold Bloom is a fictional character in James Joyces novel Ulysses. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ...

"...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. "

Molly's physicality is often contrasted with the intellectualism of the male characters, and of Stephen Dedalus in particular. It concludes Ulysses on a relatively passionate note. Stephen Daedalus was James Joyces early pen name, and the name of the main character in his early novel Stephen Hero. ...

Molly Bloom's soliloquy was also used as the basis for a techno music song by Amber, entitled "Yes", and for Kate Bush's song "The Sensual World". It is quoted by the Firesign Theatre on their album How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere At All. The soliloquy is also featured in a Rodney Dangerfield movie, "Back To School", wherein it is read aloud to a college English class by Dr. Diane Turner (played by Sally Kellerman). Her passionate reading causes the over-excited Thornton Melon ( played by Mr. Dangerfield ) to blurt out "YES! YES! YES!" during the class. Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on July 30, 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England) is a British singer-songwriter who has acquired a large number of extremely devoted fans since her debut in 1978 with the surprise hit Wuthering Heights, which was number 1 in the British music charts for 4... The Firesign Theatre are a comedy troupe consisting of Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Philip Proctor. ... Rodney Dangerfield in 1997 Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 — October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the line I dont get no respect and his monologues on that theme. ... Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress and singer most famous for her role as Major Margaret Hot Lips OHoulihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a...