There are a lot of references to famous people or works throughout James Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most mentioned is Shakespeare.
In chapter five, Bloom mentioned a representation of Hamlet by William Shakespeare when he is thinking about the representations of some plays by different actors, he also makes reference to the women playing male roles in theatre. He also makes reference to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar calling Brutus an honourable man.
Bloom also makes reference to the famous Coronation Mass Gloria by W.A. Mozart, when he is listening to the choir of the church.
“Met her once… tooraloom, tooraloom” (Joyce, 2010: 62) this song is associated with Kellether; it has no author.
At one point of the chapter, in page 63, he makes reference
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The press uses her movement in 1904 to protest against the army again.
Joyce also refers to Arthur Griffith’s newspaper. He founded the United Irishmen in 1899.
4. Luke 22: 19
When he makes reference to the sensitive plants, it could be an allusion to Shelley’s The Sensitive Plant, where plants decay while love and delay prevail.
“Paradise and the peni”, it is the title of one of Thomas Moore’s poems in Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance. Its meaning is that we are very close to paradise but we are stopped so we ca not enter.
“Look at them. Now I bet it makes them feel happy. Lollipop. It does. Yes, bread of angels it 's called. There 's a big idea behind it, kind of kingdom of God is within you feel. First communicants. Hokypoky penny a lump.” (Joyce, 2010: 71/72) Joyce makes reference to a children song, that is very famous in the United Kingdom.
He mentions Mrs Bandmann Palmer, she was an American actress. She made a tour in the British Isles in 1883. Bloom says something about Leah, Palmer made a performance in a play called Leah.
Kate Bateman is other actress mentioned by Bloom, she also act in Leah.
Lord Iveagh, Edward Cecil Guinness, he was earl of Iveagh; and Lord Ardilaun, Sir Arthur