In the 'Linati Schema' for 'Ulysses', which character corresponds to the Homeric hero Telemachus?
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Correct answer: Stephen Dedalus
Stephen Dedalus represents Telemachus, the son searching for a symbolic father. This parallel is established in the first three episodes of the novel — known as the 'Telemachiad' — before Leopold Bloom (the Odysseus figure) is introduced.
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