Irish people

perhaps the most influential Irish poet of the twentieth century. He was an advocate for Irish Nationalism and one of the leaders of the Celtic revival movement. Through Yeats’s pastoral, mythic imagery and, later, his explorations of the country’s political and social struggles, he gave a bold poetic voice to Ireland. His influence on the national narrative of Ireland propelled him into the Irish Senate for two terms and solidified his legacy as the driving force behind the Irish literary…

Historical Influence of Gulliver’s Travels The eighteenth century, better known as the Age of Enlightenment, sparked a period in which people were gravitating more towards science and reason rather than religion. Governments during this time were power hungry and ruthless. As a result of this, the lower class greatly suffered and became incensed and irate. One man in particular spoke out against the injustice he felt by means of the written word. Jonathan Swift challenged the government of his…

2015). There are two main types of Gaelic, Irish and Scottish, which are mutually intelligible. As the names might suggest, Irish Gaelic is largely spoken in Ireland while Scottish Gaelic is primarily spoken in Scotland. However, Scotland is not the only geographic region that Scottish Gaelic is being spoken. Scottish Gaelic is spoken in four countries, two of which consider it a recognized minority language (Ager 2015). In 2011, around 58,000 people living in Scotland were speaking Scottish…

that others should do it. He did not refute the opposing claims to leave room for those who may have better ideas than Swift and therefore, he is not so bent on his ideas. The weakness in Swift’s argument is that it does not account for how the people would feel about helping the poor. They may not feel the need to do anything for the poor; such as feeding them or giving them food. If they abuse what they get they will be equally just as poor. Also, those who may be offered a job of…

English, although Swift directly addresses the state of Ireland, it is not directly related to the Irish. After the English Civil War from 1642-1651, Ireland was left in ruins (History). Swift's writing was near eighty years after the war, but compared to the US civil war, it took almost one hundred years to fully rebuild the nation (Jarmul). The British removed all potential profiting goods from the Irish and left them with…

Dublin to Anglo-Irish parents. Swift often traveled to England where he dabbled in politics and immersed himself into writing. Written and published anonymously in 1729, Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” suggest a plan to help address the growing problems of poverty, starvation and overpopulation in Ireland with the consumption of Irish babies stricken by poverty. Swift’s particularly morbid yet genuine tone serves to evoke the moral compass of his audience (both the English and the Irish)…

“A Modest Proposal,” a treatise written by Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift, is a social commentary that criticizes the apathetic attitude of England towards the Irish poverty crisis under the guise of a logistically sound yet ethically decrepit solution. Drawing attention to the issue through the proposal’s sheer absurdity, Swift constructs a targeted criticism of England’s apathetic attitude towards the state of Ireland under the guise of presenting cannibalism as a cure for poverty and…

Literature has the amazing ability to convey a culture in different ways. Through the development of Irish culture, literature was able to follow closely behind. Leading this was Jonathan Swift and Antoine Raftery and even though both were widely known, there is a difference in their works and how they influenced authors like W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In order to properly reflect on these differences it is necessary to first provide the respected backgrounds of these authors. To begin,…

“A Modest Proposal” gives the reader a very strong representation of several aspects of human progression during the age of enlightenment. Swift gives the readers a very gruesome look at what humans are capable of. Through the age of enlightenment, people show concern for only themselves. Rather than show any concern for their peers or surroundings, the groups mentioned from Swift’s work would turn a blind eye or simply ignore the situation. Without authors such as Swift, human advancement would…

James Joyce’s Dubliners, a collection of short stories, examines Irish life in the late nineteeth century and early twentieth century through the use of complex characters and multifacteted plots. Three of these stories, “Ivy Day in the Committee Room,” “A Mother,” and “Grace,” focuse exclusively on public life. In Joyce’s eyes, public life in Dublin was run by politics, art, and religion. While each of these stories takes on a different subtopic of public life, they share an overarching theme.…