Who says "history is like a nightmare from which I must awake" ?
Correct answer: D. Stephen Dedalus
- A. Leopold Bloom
- B. Little Chandler
- C. Joe Donnelly
- D. Stephen Dedalus
Explanation
Stephen Dedalus says this in Ulysses, expressing his troubled view of Irish history as an oppressive nightmare. The line also reflects Stephen's desire to escape inherited national and religious constraints.
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