Sexuality and linguistic versatility in UlyssesTo discuss the relationships between sexuality and linguistic versatility I chose the two female characters, Molly and Gerty. The main reason for this is that the female voice in Ulysses is only heard at length on two occasions, but I would say it is very important. So important, in fact, that Joyce chooses to end the novel with Molly's monologue. I hope to convey some of the contrasts and similarities in these different monologues (despite the fact that in Gerty's case it is technically never her monologue). Furthermore, I tried to take into account the fact that the relationships between female sexuality and linguistic versatility are perceived through the eyes of a man. Molly's monologue is in the form of a soliloquy unlike other forms of internal monologue. Molly's monologue in common with Gerty's is often rambling. Inevitably, this leads to the assumption that neither Molly nor Gerty received any formal education. But the style of Molly's monologue is that of colloquial speech. There is also an absence of punctuation in Molly's monologue, which has the effect of speeding up the reading time. For this reason there is a feeling that the language is exploratory and exclamatory. About a quarter of all the "whys" of Ulysses are found in the episode "Penelope" which consists entirely of Molly's monologue. In both Molly and Gerty's monologue the excessive use of "because" gives a superficial logic to their reasoning: "Like the one who denies it to his face and also sings about the place in the toilet because she knew she was too good yes, why not could have done without it for so long." In the first part of Nausicaä which concerns Gerty there is much more than another quarter of "why": "...but this was completely different from something like that because there it made the difference because she could almost feel him approaching her face to his and the first quick and warm touch of his beautiful lips." I think the excessive use of “and” gives both of their monologues a flow. The ebb and flow of thoughts is strongly linked to the movement and flow of the sea, which seems to feature greatly in both of these episodes. I think the language refers to a difference between men and women, namely that women are less rational than men are..