The Limerick Gloves
The Limerick Gloves
The Limerick Gloves by Maria Edgesworth is a short story that quite accurately explains the effects of the conflicting relationships English had with the Irish. The tensions presented by political conflict between the Roman Catholics of Ireland and the English Protestants also had effects on the personal relationships between these people. We see these tensions had a great effect on relationships between people of different backgrounds, as demonstrated by the negative connotation in which Mr. Hill assumes of Mr. O’Neill. However, through this story we see how it can take so much as to completely humiliate a person and prove them wrong may be what it takes in order for them to become accepting of the fact that their wrongful …show more content…
I’m sure we have all just made a generalized assumption about someone, and have thought negatively about them just because they look different, think differently, or even come from a different country than we do. On the other side, I am sure we have all been judged by people who are different than us, and have been falsely accused of things we would never imagine doing. Good people every day are hated by others, for absolutely no valid reason whatsoever. We can also relate to the fact that sometimes people who are supposed to be on our side are actually our enemies, like how Mr. Hill discovers that the gypsy actually betrayed him. Something too common we also encounter is the fact that many interactions are hindered by differences in culture. Oftentimes, we are not exposed to cultures other than our own, and we are not familiar with the fact that others may have a different meaning of a word than we accept in ours. Readers can relate to this story in many ways and understand how cultural, religious, and ethnic differences can unfortunately hinder relationships with people who may be a bit different from us. It is equally as important, however, to also relate to the fact that these differences can easily be overlooked and viewed as irrelevant if we just decide to focus on the personalities and acts of an individual person rather than the broad group in which we have categorized
The Limerick Gloves by Maria Edgesworth is a short story that quite accurately explains the effects of the conflicting relationships English had with the Irish. The tensions presented by political conflict between the Roman Catholics of Ireland and the English Protestants also had effects on the personal relationships between these people. We see these tensions had a great effect on relationships between people of different backgrounds, as demonstrated by the negative connotation in which Mr. Hill assumes of Mr. O’Neill. However, through this story we see how it can take so much as to completely humiliate a person and prove them wrong may be what it takes in order for them to become accepting of the fact that their wrongful …show more content…
I’m sure we have all just made a generalized assumption about someone, and have thought negatively about them just because they look different, think differently, or even come from a different country than we do. On the other side, I am sure we have all been judged by people who are different than us, and have been falsely accused of things we would never imagine doing. Good people every day are hated by others, for absolutely no valid reason whatsoever. We can also relate to the fact that sometimes people who are supposed to be on our side are actually our enemies, like how Mr. Hill discovers that the gypsy actually betrayed him. Something too common we also encounter is the fact that many interactions are hindered by differences in culture. Oftentimes, we are not exposed to cultures other than our own, and we are not familiar with the fact that others may have a different meaning of a word than we accept in ours. Readers can relate to this story in many ways and understand how cultural, religious, and ethnic differences can unfortunately hinder relationships with people who may be a bit different from us. It is equally as important, however, to also relate to the fact that these differences can easily be overlooked and viewed as irrelevant if we just decide to focus on the personalities and acts of an individual person rather than the broad group in which we have categorized