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    As a of a victim of colonization, Ireland has a long history of patriotic writers that comment on the effects of British colonialism, as well as themes of nationalism and conservatism through their writings. The introduction of Gothic literature, and its fearful conventions of the supernatural and the uncanny, has allowed Irish writers to align nationalist motifs within their texts through a more analogous narrative. As Laura Doyle writes, “The Gothic text has been shown to represent colonialism 's crimes through its literary tropes of imprisonment, terror, rape, and tyranny” (513). However, a number of Anglo-Irish writers engage with the genre, thus forcing the allegorical themes and content of Irish Gothic writing to be reconsidered with new ideologies in mind. Irish Anglicans represent a class of people conflicted with their identities. Being split between the identity of a colonial oppressive force while inhabiting the land of the oppressed, Irish Anglicans are left in a paradoxical position. In other words, they are too English to be considered part of Irish nationalist identity, and too Irish to align themselves with English culture (Killeen 38). Thus, the Gothic poses as an interesting genre to the Anglo-Irish, as Killen states, “…one possible reason for the attractiveness of the Gothic for the Anglican community in Ireland is that it is a genre peculiarly obsessed with questions of identity” (28). Accordingly, through Gothic Literature Anglo-Irish authors are able to…

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    level of support.’ (White, 1993, p11). Using this it could be suggested that one reason which contributed to the durability of the PIRA, and other paramilitaries, was due to their history. Many republican groups were based on previous paramilitary groups who were formed before the Irish Free State was created, such as the Catholic Defenders (Hayes and McAllister, 2001, p902), and even more so, the PIRA was building on the successes and in turn failures of the IRA in the South who had formed in…

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    In 1921 the Anglo-Irish Treaty arose out of the demand of an overwhelming majority of the Irish public, their wishes, to be apart from the North East and create independence of a self-governing republic government of Ireland . In Easter 1916 the Irish Home Rule party proclaimed that the Republic of Ireland was to be created and after the majority vote of Sinn Fein in the 1918 general election, he proceeded to establish his own parliament and government . The way in which the Anglo-Irish treaty…

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    When these attacks then occur, it’s unclear whether the moderates are either incapable of stopping the terrorists, or do not want to. At this time, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was directed by an underground network comprised of Sinn Fein’s cabinet and another nationalist group, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (Bright, 1994). Their strategy at this time was spoiling, through assassinations and ambushes for symbols of the crown and collaborators. Rather than giving Ireland the Home Rule their…

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    from the British law and order. Especially the way the British controlled them and stereotyped Irish people. As you can see each of these authors had a struggle or abuse that they translated into their work. Each was motivate by some group of people that harassed and stereotyped them and their people. Many of these struggles are still felt today. Women are still working for equality with their male counterparts. They still face abuse dealing with like rape and domestic violence. Hispanic still…

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    The Fighting Irish Ireland is a country built on war. Throughout its history, it has been conquered, divided, won and lost wars. Even today, the island remains separated into two parts, one belonging to the Republic of Ireland and the other a member of the United Kingdom. The most substantial factor early on was the religion and today the clash between the north and the south is on economic issues. The north, which is part of UK, fairs better economically than the south, which is the…

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    The Easter Uprising

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    “The Easter Uprising of 1916 has become the foundational myth of the modern Irish state” (Reynolds 36). The actual act itself was impractical and more of a dream than a concrete reality. It was much like the American Revolution to a point. A determined few up against impossible odds against an entire country and her military, but in the long run the poor way that England handled the situation led to the aftermath of the revolt taking hold and giving birth to a political revolution instead (Walsh…

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    Friday agreement Northern Ireland has been subject to much conflict throughout the 20th century, the Good Friday agreement of April 10th 1998 was the latest attempt at bringing peace to the troubled nation. Its aim was to set up a power sharing assembly to govern Northern Ireland, by cross community consent; so essentially, Ireland could run itself again. It was reached after two years of talks, because the key decisions needed the consent of both the Dup and Sinn Fein. Its aim was to put an…

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    Context In Art

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    Within the world of contemporary art, an issue that often presents itself is the issue of context. In many cases such as the one I will present in this essay, the idea of understanding and appreciating a piece of work is often quite difficult without the back-story. Not only does context place the work in time, but also allows us as viewers to further relate our own experiences to what the artist is trying to say. This process of obtaining context through research therefore allows for a deeper…

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