They have all now just become what could be classed as “common” by being drunk and rowdy. Yeats seems to be disgusted with how the Irish people have changed, and this is shown through the tone of his language. When he says “the clever man who cries the catch cries of the clown,” we can hear the distain in the tone of his writing, with the sharp use of alliteration cutting through the poem. Yeats also seems to be angry how the changing people of Ireland have ruined the traditional Irish literacy. The “beating down” could symbolise great Irish literature and art is being mocked by the common drunkards of Ireland.
Source C is a speech by the leader of the Irish Nationalists John Redmond. Source C says " the idea of two nations in Ireland is revolting and hateful" From this we are able to see the extremist view he has and his strong views towards the exclusion of ulster from the home rule bill. Redmond wanted the whole of Ireland independent, we know this from when the source says " The proposed exclusion of Ulster would mean the disintegration of our nation for all time" by this Redmond is saying that by separating ireland it would make them beyond repair and would cause them to crumble. Therefore Source C is showing the extremist view of the Irish Nationalists. Redmond had been fighting for the home rule bill to be passed.
By placing high taxes on imported luxury goods, he inadvertently encouraged smuggling. Philip's monstrous palace and monastery at Escorial had consumed much of Spanish wealth.” (http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2philip2-spain.htm). Clearly states that Philip II did not value his money at all. He owed 36 million ducats with an annual deficit of 1 million ducats; this was because of his recklessness with money and because of all the money he wasted on wars. Aside from reducing state revenues for overseas expeditions, the domestic policies of Philip II further burdened Spain and would in the following century, contribute to its decline.
Fitzgerald condemns the American Dream of the 1920’s through his representation of the wealthy as immoral and materialistic people because their wealth has corrupted them and they only look out for themselves. Tom typifies the immoral, greedy, wasteful and the reckless lifestyle of the wealthy. ”They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made”(179). By including these lines Fitzgerald tells the reader that wealth and selfishness during the
Do you agree with the view that the main cause of the Anglo-Irish conflict of 1919-21 was nationalist extremism? To an extent, it can be argued that the main cause of the Anglo-Irish conflict was nationalist extremism. Hepburn (S7) particularly addresses this argument as he assesses the 'blood sacrifice' as 'rapid' and 'deliberate', supported by S9, which describes the Irish Volunteers being entitled to use 'all legitimate methods of warfare if necessary' . However it can also be argued that the fault lay with the British government's ignorance and misunderstanding of Ireland and the Irish people, as Medlicott (S8) points out that the limits of what Britain would offer was ' firm' and that Irelands armed forces were a 'dangerous weapon', which in turn, combined with their violent reprisals towards the IRA, alienated many of the Irish public, and deepened the Irish Conflict as well as being arguably, as much of a 'main cause' of the conflict as extreme nationalists. S7 also highlights the importance of the conscription crisis, which can be argued to be a result of British ignorance, or the manipulation and stirring up by the revolutionary party Sinn Fein which also had a key role in the conflict.
Priestley uses a range of language and theatrical devices to criticise the selfishness of people such as the Birling family. To begin with, Birling shows his lack of understanding and disrespect for the working class. This is show. When he says, "If you don't come down sharply on some of these people, they'd soon be asking for the Earth." This shows a lack of compassion by Birling, as he only cares about his wealth and status, and the profits he can gain from his factories.
Tom Walker’s Greed and the Consequences By Talana brown The short story “The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irvington is a story that symbolizes the devastation effects of greed and the consequences of it. This story not only symbolizes greed but it also symbolizes evil, selfishness, religion and hypocrisy. In this story, the main character “Tom Walker” is a miser who worships money more than he does his miserly wife. A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts. Tom Walker was a greedy and selfish man who lived an immoral life of greed.
When a stone is dropped into a stream, it displaces the water and somehow interrupts the nature. The first interpretation could come here as the revolutionaries do the same when they have “Hearts with one purpose alone” (41) to free Ireland and to interrupt the British governance. These revolutionaries are "Enchanted to a stone" (43) and they "trouble the living stream." (44), which can mean that they are considered to be the symbol of stiffness, which can reflect their dedication to their political purposes. However, this stone can represent the British state too, which has hearts that have been turned into stones and those stone hearts “trouble the living stream” (44) of Irish life.
Swift draws on the long-standing perception among the English and the Anglo-Irish ruling classes of the Irish as a barbaric people. Swift neither confirms nor negates this assumption altogether. He indicts the Irish Catholics for the extent to which they dehumanize themselves through their baseness and lack of self-respect. He also, however, admonishes those who would accuse the poor for their inhumane lack of compassion. And, he critiques the barbarism of a mode of social thought that takes economic
Thomas Jefferson once said that, “man is the only animal which devours his own kind.” This quote, showing the selfishness of mankind, is most historically applicable to the economic climate in 18th century Ireland, where lower class Irish were subject to exploitation from their wealthier absentee landlords. Essayist Jonathan Swift’s essay “A Modest Proposal” is a call to action for the struggling Irish delivered by his harsh and cruel satire. First, Swift addresses the issue and makes an appeal to pathos by portraying a common sight in Dublin, a “[beggar] of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags” (675). Swift brings to the audience’s attention the overwhelming amount of poverty that plagues the city, evoking sympathy and pity. This image will play a role in guiding the reader’s emotion throughout the essay.