others‚ and made it superior to most was Swifts successful use of Historical Content‚ direct connection with the Audience‚ Satire/Humour‚ perfectly executed Irony‚ and the use of Logos vs. Pathos vs. Ethos. 2. Historical Content 2.1 English-Irish Political relationships Years before A Modest Proposal was written British groups began invading Ireland for need of land for there growing kingdom‚ and had established there own laws and created their own parliament in Ireland. Penal Laws were
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Jonathan Swift’s‚ A Modest Proposal has become a classic example and much studied work of satire throughout the years. It is interesting not only in the absurdity of it’s sly innuendo‚ but it also acts as a history lesson for the world to see the struggles of people of Ireland. What interests me most about this work is how Swift is able to show compassion through context in a work whose words would normally shock and anger any sane person. It is interesting to see how his careful use of language
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little conflict between the Irish immigrants and the native Scots. The source says "New chapels have arisen peaceably everywhere; and except their stronger taste for a fight now and then‚ the Irish have in many places behaved fully as well as our own people". This source helps show that Catholicism was gradually building and gaining support if chapels were able to be built without aggression and opposition. In addition most employers had positive comments to say about Irish immigrants work ethic compared
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Who are the Irish? The Irish are a Nation and Ethnic group that comes from an island known as Ireland. The Island Ireland is called Eire and it’s located in Western Europe‚ west of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia says that Ireland is 84.400+ square kilometres . The coast of Ireland is approximately 2.800 kilometres. According to Wikipedia‚ the earliest settlers came to Ireland around 10‚000 years ago‚ which was in the Stone Age. When did they immigrate? During the time of the 19th century‚ there
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"YEATS CAN CERTAINLY BE CALLED A GREAT IRISH POET." DISCUSS. Introduction I certainly agree with this statement. (Tip: state broadly your attitude to the subject of the question).The work of W.B. Yeats is saturated with evocative‚ descriptive imagery‚ deeply explored personal feelings‚ universal‚ but profound‚ subject matter and strong political opinions. He isn’t just a great figure in world literature but he is a very patriotic poet who truly loved Ireland. I would like to further explore this
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during the Renaissance‚ to the band U2 using guitars and electric keyboards. There’s still people that perform in Irish pubs to this day. Irish music has a variety of tempos‚ some that are fast‚ and there are some that are slow. The Irish have been expressing their culture through music throughout the Renaissance‚ going to the Irish potato famine‚ hopping to the 1900s‚ and ending with Irish modern day music. One of the popular instruments in Ireland during the Renaissance was Brian Boru’s Harp. Sometimes
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Volunteer Report For my Arts Organization Volunteer project I volunteered as an usher at the Lee Norvelle Center through Indiana University’s Theatre‚ Drama‚ and Contemporary Dance department. Additionally I volunteered at the music venue the Bottom Lounge in Chicago‚ where I had also previously interned at over the summer. Because of my anticipation to seeing the extra credit speakers at the Industry Networking Club‚ and by now you probably have read many papers on the IU theater departments‚ I
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secular policies and a potato blight--or ‘Great Famine’ as many historians would call it--crippled an otherwise proud society. Thus‚ the ratio of Irish immigrants seeking refuge in the United States--as compared to their mainland counterparts--was nearly 1:1 during the same period (as identified in the previous paragraph and sources cited). The matter of Irish immigration was not new. Many had transited to Scotland in prior centuries; and a subsequent number found their way to plantations in the “New
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Euphonious diction makes the practice of eating babies seem tolerable and nearly justified in the complex times that were occurring in Ireland. This is the point of the article‚ which is to show how the English have done nothing to help the Irish and that if the Irish are to survive the English must intervene. A quality selection of diction allows for the exaggeration necessary in any good piece of satire. Diction plays one role in the development of the
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SYNGE’S “RIDERS TO THE SEA”: The Colonial Image Refuted Riders to the Sea is a tragedy portraying the sort of poor Irish peasant family which had previously supplied material for comedies on London stages. Though set in contemporary Ireland‚ the play provides a window into the life of the people in ancient times: the life of the Aran community is archaic: untouched by modern life‚ untouched by colonialism. The power of the sea is the main theme of the play: it is both provider and destroyer;
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