Amidst the cynical, complaint ridden tone of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, Mary has the hope for change in … More
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Living Ghosts: Memory, Time and Irish Identity in “The Dead”
Each time I reread “The Dead,” a myriad of new meanings and interpretations stick with me as if I have … More
The Great Famine
For my paper I am doing research on the Irish famine in terms of its impact on both class and … More
“The Dead”: A Look into 1900s Ireland
For my paper, I have decided to write about the role/symbolism of women, snow, Michael Fuey, and other miscellaneous symbols, … More
The reality of the Famine
When doing the assignment about the Irish/Dublin famine it accrued to me that we don’t know what the reality of … More
Aquinas and Aristotle in Portrait of the Artist
I have decided to write my paper on Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The basic goal of … More
A Protestant Minority in a Catholic Majority
For the final paper, I will be researching the Protestant-Catholic religious divisions within Ireland and the dynamics between a Catholic … More
“Eveline” and the Steamboat Ladies
For my research paper, I plan to analyze the short story of “Eveline” in Joyce’s Dubliners and connect it to … More
O’Casey & the Irish Civil War
For my research paper I will be focusing on Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and how this play serves … More
“Otherness” in Irish Literature
My research topic for the final paper will look at the literary concept of “the other”, beginning with the initial … More