Question

This character theorizes a figure who, like God, “remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible… indifferent, paring his fingernails.” This character declares (15[1])“Aristotle has not defined pity and terror; I have” and uses a wastebasket to illustrate the roles of integritas and claritas in an aesthetic theory he calls “applied Aquinas.” This character retorts that his country is an “old sow that eats her farrow” when (*) Davin declares that “a man’s country” comes before poetry. This character writes of a “eucharistic hymn” in a villanelle that asks, “Are you not weary of (10[1])ardent ways?” (10[1])This character (10[3])asks an “old artificer” to “stand me now and ever in good stead” after resolving to “encounter (10[1])for the millionth time the reality of experience” and forge the “uncreated (10[1])conscience of my race.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this protagonist of (10[1])A Portrait of the Artist (10[1])as a Young (10[2])Man (10[1])by James Joyce. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Stephen Dedalus [or Stephen Dedalus]
<JB, British Literature>
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%7%7%117.80

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMThe Dyatlov Passement incident2515
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see9510
Jeffrey FungThe Jeam TeamNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)9710
John LawrenceBHSU BA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence9910
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoySAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE9910
Andrew HartPunished "Venom" BHSUit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown9910
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer11610
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little Hobbeswhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything12810
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago13210
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet132-5
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret13910
Chris RayWe Need New Namessticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone14410
Omkar MaratheCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)14710
Rohan Khervar merchantsLes Missourables14710
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Empire Bikes Back14810
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!15210