plays are Juno and the Paycock [Peacock]‚ and The Plough and the Stars‚ the latter of which caused a riot when first performed at the Abbey because nationalists in the audience resented O’Casey’s hostile portrayal of the revolutionaries of the 1916 Easter Rising. Dominic Dromgoole’s revival of The Shadow of a Gunman is at the Tricycle Theatre in London’s Kilburn‚ long an Irish ghetto‚ where during the 70s and 80s the local public houses were full of IRA fund-raisers. Clearly Dromgoole wants the play
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What problems did Irish nationalists face in 1905? To what extent had these been overcome by 1949? For several hundred years‚ there has been increasing tension between southern and northern Ireland‚ giving rise to Irish Nationalism. The roots of conflict are to be found in the past when Henry II first landed in Ireland in 1169. At this time‚ Ireland was recognised for their nationalistic pride and the arrival of an English king generated resentment amongst the people‚ as England gained some control
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Australia has been under the threat of rabbits for over a hundred years‚ but now its causing major stress to citizens as the population is peaking. Rabbits are a threat that is only a nuisance to everyday life producing erosion and disease. The Easter bunny must be terminated. Jimboomba is 40km west of the Gold Coast ( 27.8299° S‚ 153.0174° E ) the average temperature in summer is 37*c. Jimboomba covers 4.4km2 and is home to over 10 different species of native flora and fauna. These conditions are
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lives and an ideal world he imagines”. I certainly agree with this statement. Yeats raises the issue‚ a common one of reality verses the ideal. Yeats is an idealist‚ yet he is looking at the reality certainly in two cases ‘September 1913’ and ‘Easter 1916’. We see that Yeats is escaping the reality to his ideal world in ‘The lake Isle of Inisfree’ and ‘Sailing to Byzantium’. As we analyse ‘September 1913’‚ we discover that the poem is a scathing criticism of the mercenary materialism‚ which
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Robert Wilson lynd [pic] Born in Belfast and educated at R.B.A.I. and the then Queen ’s College‚ where he studied classics. He worked briefly for The Northern Whig before moving to Manchester and then to London as a free-lance journalist. In the capital he shared a flat with the artist Paul Henry (q.v.)‚ with whom he had graduated. Lynd became a staff writer for the Daily News (later the News Chronicle) and from 1912 to 1947 was its literary editor. He also wrote for the Nation‚
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took in the 1916 Easter Rising‚ as the most prominent female leader. She was arrested and put on trial like the other leaders of the Rising‚ but‚ because of her sex‚ she avoided execution by firing squad. Instead she served a prison sentence in Britain‚ separated from the surviving leaders of the Rising and was released in 1917‚ to then pursue a career in politics. She died in 1927‚ a hero to the people of Ireland. On Easter Monday‚ the 24th
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Jake Flaherty SOC 101-102 Norm Break Humans are a very odd species. They require the sense of comfort and safety to operate their daily lives effectively. They embrace the idea of ‘normal.’ Going as far back as the ancient times‚ keeping a general law of behavior was and still is extremely important for humans to coexist successfully. When cultures clash and when society cannot blend‚ lines get drawn and wars are fought. No matter what culture is being observed‚ the status quo must be maintained
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cool thing to get away from the house. I would just lie there and pet on the dog’s soft furrier coat. Once that was over back to the home front it was good to see my little brother. I gave him a hug and a rub on his curly soft hair. While on break the sight of the snow was amazing. Just watching it comes down and hitting the ground was a pretty sight. Then to watch some of the kids out playing making snowmen was a great sight also. What wasn’t a great sight was seeing the news and watching
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Liberation of Ireland The 1916 Easter Rising The Easter Rebellion‚ was an armed uprising of Irish nationalists against the rule of Great Britain in Ireland. The uprising occurred on Easter Monday‚ April 24‚ 1916‚ and centred mainly in Dublin. The chief objectives were the attainment of political freedom and the establishment of an Irish republic. Centuries of discontent‚ marked by numerous rebellions‚ preceded the uprising. The new crisis began to develop in September 1914‚ following the outbreak
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Last week of Spring Break! It’s Time to make this three days one of the best days of my life. As I bought my tickets on United Airlines all I could think of was “Wow I’m actually going to leave the country and explore marvelous wonders on my own”. One of the best countries of the world would be Italy; I always wanted to travel to Rome‚ where all I could smell is pasta and wine. All night all I could think of was the next day I would be in an airplane on my way to Italy eating pizza. My summer clothes
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