Character Analysis
Ellen is Leopold's mother. It was her death that drove Rudolph Virag to his eventual suicide. In one of Bloom's fever dreams in "Circe," Ellen appears briefly and wonders what Bloom is doing in Nighttown. She prays for her son.
Ellen is Leopold's mother. It was her death that drove Rudolph Virag to his eventual suicide. In one of Bloom's fever dreams in "Circe," Ellen appears briefly and wonders what Bloom is doing in Nighttown. She prays for her son.