In the story, A Portrait of the Artist as a youngish Man, written by James Joyce, the main character Stephen Dedalus has legion(predicate) encounters with women. Women and sex are major influences on Stephens adolescent life. another(prenominal) major factor that has an influence on Stephens life is the Church. Women and sexuality conflict with the Church and its beliefs, and that is one of Stephens major problems thus far. Stephen is having a very big identity crisis, from being a idol fearing Catholic to a very hormonal teenager.
                As Stephen sits at the adults dinner table for the first time, his father, Mr. Casey and Dante are fighting astir(predicate) religion and politics in Ireland. As they are arguing, Stephens grow of thought leads him to think about Eileen. Eileen Vance was the little girl that Stephen valued to marry when he was younger. She is described to have ivory pass on and golden hair, which confuses Stephen with the phrases, Tower of Ivory and House of Gold which is part of the Roman Catholic Litany of Our dame. Later when Stephen is at school, he again thinks about Eileen. Stephen gets his first sensual feel from Eileen when she stations her hand into his pocket and touches his hand.
Stephen gets quite confused with the terms of the Litany of Our Lady so he starts to associate the Tower of Ivory and House of Gold to Eileen. The way James Joyce describes the scene, She had put her hand into his pocket where his hand was and he had felt how cool it and thin and soft her hand was.(43) gives the reader the idea that Stephen enjoyed the feeling. The wholly problem with Eileen was that she was a Protestant and Stephen was a Catholic. Stephen also associates women with...
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