The Four of Us and Sure, Thank God, There are No More of Us
The Four of Us and Sure, Thank God, There are No More of Us
The funeral ship metamorphoses. Tristan and Isolde can be found on a vessel going to Cornwall. Though the next phase of the dreamer's explorations start with more jeers at HCE/Mark, the dismal future that awaits the aging man is presented obliquely. Other figures are attending to the ship on which Tristan is kissing Isolde. “They” are four old men, the “evangelists” Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, whose voices have sounded before in the Wake and who are heard at length. The official verdict of the old men, Shaun, Tristan to HCE's King Mark, is the bright promise of the future. Yet their presentation of the past, both in the style and content of their ramblings, makes it clear that the promise will be unreal unless the future is not a repetition.
Keywords: Tristan, Isolde, King Mark, Shaun, evangelists
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