A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a story about Stephen Dedalus’s journey to becoming an artist—more specifically, a poet. How does the story of his early life take on a deliberately literary tone?

How does Stephen frame his mythical namesake Daedalus with regard to his own ambitions?

In what ways does the novel explore language as a tool of liberation? Use examples from the text.