John Henry Menton Character Analysis in Ulysses

John Henry Menton is a fussy Dublin lawyer who has history with Molly Bloom. Because of this, he dislikes Leopold Bloom—even though he also doesn’t recognize Bloom at Paddy Dignam’s funeral. When Bloom tells Menton that his hat is dinged, Menton rudely ignores him until Martin Cunningham steps in to defend Bloom. Menton also frustrates Denis Breen’s plan to sue over the “U.P.” postcard by making him wait for hours outside his office.

John Henry Menton Character Timeline in Ulysses

The timeline below shows where the character John Henry Menton appears in Ulysses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...when people’s hearts stop pumping blood, and he feels that resurrection is impossible. John Henry Menton asks Ned Lambert who Bloom is, and Lambert explains that he’s Molly Tweedy’s husband, an... (full context)

...he still thinks about getting haunted by ghosts. Martin Cunningham approaches Bloom alongside John Henry Menton, who Bloom remembers used to dislike him. Bloom points out that Menton’s hat is dinged,... (full context)

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...pamphlet floating in the sea, and Denis Breen visiting a new lawyer after John Henry Menton made him wait too long. Kernan appreciates the fine gin that Crimmins gave him, and... (full context)

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...Love, Lenehan and M’Coy, Buck Mulligan and Haines, John Howard Parnell, Dilly Dedalus, John Henry Menton, Denis J. Maginni, Blazes Boylan, Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell, Patrick Dignam, and the... (full context)

...some kind of relationship with Molly in the past—including Lieutenant Mulvey, Professor Goodwin, John Henry Menton, Lenehan, Simon Dedalus, multiple priests and politicians, and of course Blazes Boylan. (full context)

...was probably a prostitute, she thinks, and he was probably lying about meeting Hynes and Menton. Or maybe Leopold met the woman to whom he was secretly writing a letter a... (full context)