May Golding Dedalus
Mary "May" Dedalus is a fictional character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. She is the mother of Stephen Dedalus. Stephen, a non-believer, refuses to pray at her deathbed and in consequence, thoughts of May haunt him later in the novel.[1][2] She states, "I was once the beautiful May Golding" (her maiden name). In the 1967 film of Ulysses, the American director americanizes this as "May Golding Dedalus", an anachronism which does not appear in the book, where European conventions are observed.
Sources
- ↑ http://www.gradesaver.com/ulysses/study-guide/character-list/
- ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm
