Esperanza Rising

Before one talks about the effects of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, it is important to know the reasons why the Rebellion place and what happened during the Rebellion. The Rebellion happened because of religion differences and a power struggle between distant relatives, and essentially the Rebellion was between the Catholic Stuarts and the Protestant Hanoverians. The seeds of the Rebellion began in 1688 when the Catholic, English King, James the Second was forced to flee to France due to the…

The Easter Rising took place from the 24th to the 29th of April 1916. Irish rebels garrisoned multiple locations in Dublin in an armed attempt to overthrow British rule and establish an independent Irish Republic. After five days of fighting the rebels unconditionally surrendered , a presumed successful retaliation by the British, but the essence of the rebellion changed the course of Irish history forever. In 1800 the Act of Union Bill was passed which united Great Britain and Ireland into the…

Patrick Pearse 1. Who was this leader (relevant biographical information)? Patrick Pearse was a key leader in the Easter Rising (Irish rebellion against British rule). He was an Irish man living in the late 1800s to early 1900s (1879-1916). (Green, http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/padraigpearse.htm) He was a nationalist and firmly believed that Ireland should be its own country. He was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (a group that wanted to use force to break the link…

A man during the Irish revolution named Erskin Childers was shot and killed in the barracks on 24 of November 1922. His death certificate was supposed to be sent home to his wife for insurance purposes but never was, due to the army never making an official death certificate. She complained many times to the army and the army finally accepted her complaints and made a death certificate that was two days wrong. Later she asked for the stuff he had on him but the man who was with him must have…

Collins, Benny, Angel, Joanne, and Maureen. This play 's setting takes place in New York. The main plot of the story in the play primarily revolves around these friends struggling to pay rent, but also showing a love story between two people. The rising action starts when Roger is first introduced to Mimi and continues to see her. The conflict of this is that Mimi is a drug addict and just wants drugs, meanwhile Roger doesn’t, and is focused on his music career. There are many…

Poems and songs about the Fenian rising of 1867 are still popular today, and it is doubtful that poems written about the 1916 rising will diminish any time soon. “Bold Fenian Men” is a song written about the braveness of those who went to fight in the Fenian rising, and while it is told from a female perspective, she places all of her focus on the braveness of men. In the poem “Wishes for my son,”…

Set in the Easter Rising, Sean O’Casey’s play, The Plough and the Stars, utilizes its setting to discuss the consequences of war and the idea of making a blood sacrifice for Irish independence. Prior its inception, Irish nationalist theatre consisted of works such as Cathleen Ni Houlihan by William Butler Yeats, which evokes a mythological sense of nationalist pride as it uses the figure of Sean-Bhean Bhocht, Poor Old Woman, who needs a young man to help her remove the invaders from her home,…

Throughout many of his poems, especially during the uprising of World War I and the peak of Ireland’s tension with Great Britain, William Butler Yeats often voiced his opinions on the state of Ireland and its people. In W.B. Yeats’ poem, “September, 1913”, he emphasizes and expresses these opinions. Yeats stresses how nationalism can fuel Ireland, yet criticizes Ireland’s people for their greed and overwhelming self-interest. In “Easter, 1916”, though, Yeats shifts away from the people of…

and travel to the U.S. in order to start over. Esperanza rising is all about Esperanza and she had to immigrate to california. Esperanza and her mama had to move to california from mexico because her father died and they lost every thing there house, there money, and there papa/husband. Although Esperanza faced many challenges as an immigrant her challenges were learning to do chores and mama being sick with valley fever. One challenge Esperanza faced was not knowing how to do daily chores…

that affected you? In the book Esperanza Rising the main character, Esperanza goes through a huge change. She went from being a rich and spoiled girl to being a poor but caring young woman. According to the text Esperanza’s father dies, her mother gets a marriage proposal from her awful uncle, and her house sets on fire in just a matter of weeks. Esperanza loses everything. Clearly then, she goes through many changes. But throughout those changes you will see Esperanza herself changes and…