The Ballad of Father Gilligan - W.B. Yeats The poem takes the form of a ballad which was traditionally sung with short and regular stanzas telling a short but profoundly meaningful story. Yeats’s poems are not usually overtly religious‚ but this poem is one. Though Yeats was a protestant who later turned to theosophy and mysticism‚ this poem is Catholic in tone. Also contrary to his practice‚ Yeats uses an Irish word in the poem – ‘mavrone’ which in Irish is ‘mobhron’‚ a cry of grief
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RELIGION AND IRISH MYTHOLOGY IN THE BALLAD OF FATHER GILLIGAN This poem takes a ballad form - a traditional form‚ usually sung‚ with regular‚ short stanzas that tell a story. It has a more overtly religious content than most of Yeats’s poems. As a protestant who turned to theosophy and mysticism‚ Yeats usually stays away from Catholic themes. Yeats also usually stays away from the Irish language‚ which he uses in this poem when he writes‚ "mavrone!" which is the Irish‚ "Mo bhron‚" a cry of grief
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Carol Gilligan Biography Carol Gilligan was born on November 28th 1936. Gilligan was born and raised in New York City. She was an only child of William Friedman and Mabel Caminez. Her father was a lawyer meanwhile her mother was a nursery school teacher. Gilligan is married to James Gilligan who is the director of the centre for the Study on Violence at Harvard Medical School. Gilligan received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Swarthmore College‚ a master’s degree in clinical psychology
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Sagarika Reddy Philosophy Honors 02/28/16 Dr. Shorter In a different voice: Women’s conceptions of Self and of Morality Through her work In a different voice: Women’s conceptions of Self and of Morality‚ Gilligan presents a theory of moral development that asserts that women confront ethical dilemmas in a different way than men. She notes that men approach issues with a need for justice while women approach issues with a need for care. This theory is largely what causes her to criticize Kohlberg’s
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The Ballad of Mulan The original story behind the iconic Disney movie Mulan dates back to the 5th or 6th century C.E. Tzu-Yeh is possibly the woman behind The Ballad of Mulan (Ode to Mulan)- she tells the story of Mulan‚ who goes to war dressed as a man in place of her elderly father. She fought in the war against other tribes for 12 years‚ her gender unbeknownst to her comrades. Mulan faired so well in the was that the emperor offered to give her a higher rank. She refused‚ saying “Mulan has
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The poem “Ballad of Birmingham‚” written by Dudley Randall‚ in a time that is notably relevant to the gravity of the contents in the poem. This poem is about the interaction between a mother and her beloved daughter‚ where the daughter wishes to go roam the streets of her hometown (Birmingham)‚ but her mother fears for the ongoing racial aggression‚ and does not allow her. But the time comes for her to go to church‚ and her mother lets her go‚ feeling that she will undoubtedly be safe in this “sacred”
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Ballads are poems that tell a story. These ballads are distinguished by such features as few characters‚ dramatic plots‚ and may include dialogue‚ as well as action because it tells a story. They are considered to be a form of narrative poetry. They are often used in songs and have a very musical quality to them. According to the dictionary‚ Ballad is a narrative poem‚ often of folk origin and intended to be sung‚ consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain. It is the music for such
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Ballad Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚ Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards
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particularly those included in Ballad of the Sad Café. McCullers’ protagonists struggle to follow socially acceptable behaviour and these characters form bizarre concepts of love and relationships‚ ones that are skewed from that of a “normal” person’s perception. For characters such as Amelia Evans‚ this lifestyle results in isolation and loneliness‚ but regardless‚ new relationships are formed. A novella that is based in a remote and desolate town of Georgia‚ Ballad of the Sad Café revolves around
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Critical Analysis the Ballad of Birmingham The Ballad of Birmingham is a poem written by Dudley Randall in 1963. This ballad was divided into eight stanzas containing four lines each. Birmingham‚ Alabama was the center of the storm for the fight for equality. It uses a rhyming style of “ABCB”. In the 1960s‚ the southern United States were still under the Jim Crow laws. This allowed racial segregation to be legal‚ thus sparking the uprising of the Civil Rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King
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