Alphabetical explanation of how tags might be used.
- Blake: references to author/artist William Blake
- citation: references to outside Joycean material (e.g. "check out this page in that book")
- darkhorse: references to the "dark horse" motif (Bloom as a dark horse, black panther, etc.)
- define: on the most basic level, what does this word mean? Use this tag if the answer is something you could look up in a dictionary or general (not Joycean) online resource. Use "meaning" or "plot" for more complex "what does this mean" answers.
- French: use of French language
- geography: references to specific locations (e.g. a street or city in Ireland)
- Greek: use of Greek language OR reference to classical Greek culture
- Hamlet: references to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet
- interiormonologue: marking instances of characters starting an interior monologue (with the goal of heatmapping interior monologue incidence throughout the novel)
- intertextuality: instances of reference to otehr works of literature (e.g. Shakespearean plays, poetry)
- Joyce: references to elements of James Joyce's life (biographical parallels in the story)
- language: use of any language otehr than English
- Latin: use of Latin language
- Macbeth: references to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth
- meaning: one step up from the "define" tag, "meaning" can be used for answers you wouldn't find in a dictionary but that don't require extensive knowledge of the plot/book to answer (e.g. "is this statement sarcastic?" or "what is he implying here?"
- MiddleEnglish: use of the Middle English language
- Milton: references to the poet Milton and his works
- mythology: references to classical mythology
- Odyssey: references to Homer's Odyssey
- Othello: references to William Shakespeare's play Othello
- plot: one step up from "meaning", two steps up from "define"; this tag can be used to discuss what is broadly happening on a page or in the current point in the story
- religion: references to any religion
- Shakespeare: references to William Shakespeare and any of his works
- spoiler: for annotations containing anything that a first-time reader couldn't know about the book by the page they're on
- style: explanations of Joyce's stylistic choices (e.g. use of punctuation)
- Swinburne: references to Swinburne
- Tempest: references to William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
- test: annotations that were added to test the site and can be later removed
- Wilde: references to Oscar Wilde
- Yeats: references to W. B. Yeats