Republic of Ireland

public. Johnathan Swift was the godfather of satire. A Modest Proposal is a prime example of satire used throughout the era of restoration. The poem A Modest Proposal is a proposal on how to transform children into a benefit for the country of Ireland as a whole. Across the country poor children, predominantly Catholics, are living in filth because their families are too poor to keep them nourished and clothed. Swift’s proposal, is to fatten up these malnourished children and feed them to…

Introduction In 1845, Ireland was struck by a massive famine, which many called the Irish Potato Famine or the Great Irish Famine. This incident was considered one of the darkest and hardest period of the Irish history. Unfortunately, this event caused between 500,000 to 1 million deaths and ruined the land and crops of many farmers. The famine reached its peak in 1847 and during that year, about 300,000 people left Ireland and went to install themselves in other countries which included Canada.…

only convert the men standing before him but give them hope. Give them hope that one day Ireland would be free and the people of this great country would remember their names for centuries. Finally, William took a deep breath and cleared his voice. One last time he looks at the scared faces surrounding him. “Soon people will remember this day as the day that we fought against the British and won” Soon, Ireland will be united and we will be heroes, Heroes never give up. And today and forever we…

The Playboy of the Western World is a comedy written by J.M. Synge and performed in the Abbey Theatre in 1907. The play is set in the west of Ireland, in County Mayo and is set in a country public house or shebeen and the playwright attempted to write the way Irish people actually spoke English, the language is known as Hiberno-English, there is also a lyrical, poetic quality to the language of the play. The actors all speak in a colloquial dialect that would have been authentic at the time.…

“Requiem for the Croppies,” “Mid-Term Break” and “Scaffolding” there is indisputable evidence supporting the recurring motif of nature. The role of nature in Heaney’s poems is greatly linked to his Celtic roots. In ancient times the Celts of Ireland were animists and believed highly in the forces of nature. To be an animist…

1. Introduction Ireland, as the “oldest British colony” (Canny 25) experienced the colonization for almost seven centuries, what lead to the emergence of the postcolonial literature, which deals with the feeling of oppression. Besides the oppression from the dominant imperial centre, among this British Empire-colony parallel, there is another one, which must be mentioned, namely man-woman parallel. In the book A Double Colonization: Colonial and Post-Colonial Women’s Writing the editors Kirsten…

attempt to call upon the sensitiveness of the readers in London, in order to fight against the public disbelief about the magnitude of Irish suffering, acting as an eyewitness of the horror lived by peasants, children and women, in the south west of Ireland, namely in Skibbereen, the hamlet he personally visited and described in his letter. The text could be classified as a literary-journalistic one; journalistic according to the descriptive nature of the facts related on the letter and the…

Convincing Proposition Brittany Moletz Argument and Research Professor Gardner September 18th, 2015 In 1729, Jonathan Swift released “A Modest Proposal” in order to take a satirical approach to the serious problems that were occurring in Ireland during the eighteenth century. The political pamphlet begins with his version of people walking through the streets of a small Irish town. Unfortunately, the paths are filled with malnourished beggars fluctuating in ages from the young to the…

Why was America a magnet for immigrants - Old vs. New? America was a magnet for Old Immigrants because it was a place where they could escape political or religious persecution. In addition, the Old Immigrants came due to space shortages in Europe. This can be seen with German farmers being drawn to the United States because of the vast amounts of land. Also, the country attracted Old immigrants due to conflicts in their original countries, such as wars or famines. One immense conflict of the…

“in countries where the imagination of the people, and the language that they use, is rich and living, it is possible for a writer to be rich and copious in his words”. Synge’s preface alludes to the remembering of the rich and vivid history that Ireland had and has, that it needed to be capitalised on and brought to the fore before it becomes a “memory…