In Joyce`s age, Irish priests were regarded as the dominant subjects of society. The priests participated in the political actions and many social activities. They also were concerned with the secular affairs such as the fox hunting, materialism. In addition they had the haughtiness as the imperialist who thought of themselves as the ideal stereotype. So the Irish priests treated the young students as the inferior beings or the Others. To criticize these states quo, Joyce described the priests as the men who represented the imperial figures in Portrait. In Portrait there are many priests(Fathers) who represent the imperial articulations and behaviors in Clongowes and in Belvedere College. Especially Father Arnall, Father Dolan, and rector showed the students their haughty and violent articulations / behaviors as the imperialists as follows. At first, Father Arnall had the four imperial aspects in his articulations and behaviors. He represented the slippages of articulation in `the sermon of the hell` and `the quotation of bible`(116-46). Also he infused the Britain / imperial historical view into the students(8). And he ignored the students` identity(50), forcing the prefects and officers to set good examples to their fellow students(118). Secondly, Father Dolan who hit the Stephen unfairly and cruelly had the four imperial aspects, too. He presented the lack of affection for the colonized students. And he didn`t admit the colonized individual reality. Futhermore he held scorn in the school`s law and broke the law with his haughtiness. He always enjoyed the linguistic violence to the students, too. Finally, the rector of the college represented the imperial images. He had the disgusting images such as "waning figure, the shrewd northern face, and the craft of jesuits." Futhermore in spite of misunderstanding Stephen`s false piety, he inducted Stephen to be a priest. Eventually he was absurd enough not to recognize the Other`s identity correctly. It represented the imperial partiality of judgment. In conclusion the Irish priests represented the typical figures of imperialism consciously or unconsciously. Their articulations and behaviors, however, had the contradiction in themselves, for they were only agents and mimics of colonialist authority. Therefore the irony of the imperial representation of these priests was that on the contrary they were reducing the imperial authority because of the partiality on their representation.