Hurlamaboc
Ceist: Déan léiriú gairid ar an sórt duine í Lisín
Freagra:
Is bean bhaotghalánta mheánaicmeach í Lisín. Tá Lisín tógtha suas lena híomhá féin i measc na gcomharsan. Níl sé tábhachtach di ar chor ar bith cén sórt duine thú i do chroí féin istigh ach cén dealramh atá ar do chuid gruaige nó ar do chuid éadaí. Ní raibh Eibhlín, máthair Emma Ní Loingsigh, mar shampla, ‘inglactha’ mar ní raibh sí gléasta go faiseanta agus níor chaith sí an dath ceart ar a cuid gruaige.
Lisín is a middleclass snobbish woman. Lisín is completely consumed by her own image amidst her neighbours. It is not at all important to her what sort of person you are in your heart inside but rather what shape your hair and clothes are in. Eibhlín, the mother of Emma Lynch, for example, is ‘unacceptable’ because she is not dressed fashionably and her hair is of the wrong colour.
Is bean uaillmhianach í mar ní raibh ina fear céile, Pól, ach freastalaí siopa nuair a bhí sé ina ‘ógánach anabaí’ ach anois tuigtear dúinne, buíochas leis an tacaíocht agus spreagadh a fuair sé ó Lisín, fear saibhir a atá ann, ‘fear a bhfuil meas ag cách air’. Deirtear linn gur fear léannta é ach is léir nach bhfuil mórán doimhne in Pól mar faigheann muid amach níos déanaí gur ball de chlub amaideach é ina gcleachtann sé óráidí tóstála a chuireann tuirse ar chách.
She is an ambitious woman because her husband, Pól, was only a shop assistant when he was an ‘immature youth’ but now we are given to understand, (thanks to the support and the encouragement of Lisín) he is a wealthy man, ‘who is respected by everyone’. We are told that he is a learned man but it is clear that there isn’t much depth in Pól because we find out later that he is a member of some silly club that practises making toasting-speeches and which bores everybody.
Is duine féinspéiseach í nach n-éisteann le haon duine dá clann mura ngéilleann siad go huile agus go hiomlán lena mbíonn ag teastáil