CRIB SHEET for (a days' worth of) Finnegans
Wake:
HCE: the main male character; the father; H.C. Earwicker.
His head is at Howth (HCE stands for, among other things, Howth Castle
and Environs), his feet in Phoenix Park. He has “fallen”—been brought
down or committed some sin.
ALP: the female character; the mother; Anna Livia Plurabelle.
She is the River Liffey that flows through Dublin.
Issy—the daughter. Often accompanied by 28 girls, known sometimes
as the floras or rainbow girls.