A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Chapter 2 Part 2

In which Stephen Dedalus endures the ignoble torments of schoolboy rivals and finds fleeting escape in the cloak of theatrical performance, while his restless mind wrestles with manifold calls to duty and desire. A sojourn to Cork with his father unfurls a poignant mosaic of memory and loss, as Stephen navigates the twilight of youth with a fierce longing that burns both bright and barren within him.