1. Patriarchal Figures - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
If he journeys too low and allows religion and traditionalist societal conventions to determine his life's path, Stephen is subjecting himself to be weighed down by the sea spray, and his wings will be insufficient to keep him from sinking below the waves. Contrastingly, if he completely abandons all notion of home or family and soars too close to the sun of intellectual artistry, Stephen's innate artistry will destroy him from the inside out, with the same result as Icarus' fated journey. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate