The writings of Thomas Clarke have had a profound effect on Irish culture and literature. As previously stated Clarke was never held in the same regard as Pearse, Plunkett, MacDonagh or Connolly, however, his influence was just as influential as theirs. One example of this is seen in the Proclamation. The language used in the Proclamation is certainly influenced by Clarke. It clearly uses the elocution of the Fenian Brotherhood, an organisation who promoted Gaelic traditions of literature, music, dance and sport. It also refers to an Ancient Ireland seeping with national pride in regards Ireland’s militant past stating ‘In every generation, the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the …show more content…
Although Clarke isn’t named in Yeats later poem ‘Easter 1916’, he can be certainly linked to it as he sacrificed as much as Pearse, Connolly, MacDonagh and McBride. Due to him and others, Yeats stated that ‘all changed, changed utterly’. The pens of Clarke, Pearse and MacDonagh coined many intrinsic Nationalist ideals. As a result, it lead to much of Ireland’s finest arts and literature in this period, as well as many of the most intense cultural …show more content…
He had firm nationalist beliefs and deeply loved Irish language and culture. In his 36 years, Patrick Pearse contributed more to Irish society than any other writer of his time, this can be seen through his use of language and his actions. Pearse was one of the finest speakers of his era, as a result, he created a sense of national pride in the early 1900s and in fact still bares significance to many today. Pearse was influenced at an early age, those who surrounded him made an impression on his outlook and beliefs. From 1891 to 1896 he attended the Christian Brothers Secondary School in Westland Row, whilst there he began to develop a great appreciation of the Irish language, influenced by Brother Maunsell from County Kerry. Similarly, Patrick's love of art stemmed from his father, James, an English born stone mason. Growing up next to his father's sculptures Patrick developed an appreciation for art. Furthermore, James' love of books and desire to read was passed on to Patrick, while his Catholic faith and affinity with language and culture were cultivated by his mother, on his mother's side of a family, there was always a sense of Nationalism and identity. This can be seen in the form of Margaret Brady, Pearse's great aunt. She was very close to the family and often visited their home. She was a fluent Irish speaker and she encouraged
Newton knight was a farmer in mississippi who fought for freedom and secession of Jones county. Knight and the people of jones county put their lives so they could be free from the grip from the confederacy. The confederacy took many of non-slave farmers and put their lives on the front line to fight for what they didn’t even believe in. Knight opposed the state seceding from the United States, saying that white farmers like himself did not support slavery. He was a man of individual rights and equality, which was what the united states did not have at the time.
William Clark was ½ of the genius team that made their way through miles of unknown land, unknown nature, unknown natives, and came home with all but one voyager, who was killed of natural causes. William Clark and Meriwether Lewis were the first Americans to try and map the Louisiana Purchase area, and not only did they map it, they discovered allies, new plants and animals, and discovered new land and water routes that could be useful for future travelers.
He was born on May 2nd, 1949 and died on June 7th, 1998, being the third of 8 kids born to Stella and James Byrd Sr.
In regard to the Nationalists, he incorporates traditional Irish characters, such as Fergus and the Druids, to create an Irish mythology and thereby foster a national Irish identity. After the division of the Cultural Nationalists, Yeats feels left behind by the movement and disillusioned with their violent, "foolish" methods. He is also repeatedly rejected by Gonne. These efforts to instigate change through poetry both fail, bringing the function of the poet and his poetry into question. If these unfruitful poems tempt him from his ?craft of verse,?
The years 1870 to 1890 in Ireland saw the fervent battle of Charles Stewart Parnell and his Home Rule party for home rule in Ireland. This consisted of Ireland having its own parliament to deal with internal affairs while still remaining under the control of Westminster in international affairs. It was not the desire for a full separation from Britain that would come later. However, by 1890, problems in Parnell’s personal life lead to a breakdown in communication with the Prime Minister and to a split in the Home Rule party. According to M E Collins, this left a void in Irish politics and life that was filled with a new cultural awareness and a questioning of Irish identity: ‘the new movements were different. They stressed the importance of Irish identity, Irish race and Irish culture’ (170 M E Collins, Ireland 1868 - 1966). It is at this point that Fanon’s ‘Wretched of the Earth’ becomes relevant to Irish history. In his chapter entitled ‘On National Consciousness’, Fanon stresses the colonised native fears of being assimilated totally into the culture of the coloniser, of being ‘swamped’ (169 Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth). These were the exact concerns that occupied the minds of the Irish people after the failure of home rule. They began to be anxious about what Collins terms ‘the distinguishing marks of Irishness’: ‘a culture and language that was different to Britain’s’.
Kiberd, Declan, Inventing Ireland: the Literature of the Modern Nation, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
In the Irishman’s mind “[he] s[ees]...parishes as the primary catalysts in the deterioration of Irish society” because of their disregard of the modern times (“James
In Ireland, the Roman Catholic Church had significant influence on public opinion in the 1800s. In other words, there was no separation between church and state. During those times, James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer, wrote in a style that was known for its complexity and explicit content. Joyce's experiences establish a vital element of his writings, and provide all of the settings for his fiction and much of its subject material. He once said that it was his intention “to write a chapter of the moral history of [his] country,” using Dublin for the scene because the city seemed to be the “center of paralysis.”
Thomas, Steve. "Dubliners by James Joyce." ebooks@Adelaide. The University of Adelaide, 23 Aug 2010. Web. 20 Jan 2011
Yeats has demonstrated this idea in his poem Easter 1916, through his attitude towards John MacBride, who was an Irish revolutionary and ex-husband of Maud Gonne. Yeats portrayed MacBride as a “vainglorious lout”, as he despised him as MacBride “had done the most bitter to some who are near my heart”. This implication typifies Yeats’s attitude towards MacBride with the high modality tone of ‘most bitter’. “He, too, has been changed in his turn” demonstrates that Yeats’s feelings have been mellowed by MacBride’s martyrdom. The inclusion of MacBride without prejudice, through the inclusive language of ‘he, too’, explicitly displays the effects of time to heal and amend an individual’s perceptions and challenge the portrayal of uncertainty in changing times.
The lifetime of Hugh and Jimmy Jack, the sixty years or so running up to 1833, bore witness to many important events in the metamorphosis of Ireland from a rural Gaelic society to a modern colonial nation. To go back another seven decades, in 1704 penal laws were enacted “which decreed that a Catholic could not hold any office of state, nor stand for Parliament, vote, join the army or navy, practise at the bar nor....buy land” (Kee Ireland: A History 54). Thus, by 1778 a mere five per cent of the land of Ireland was owned by Catholics. The Irish people (most notably Catholics, though Protestants also) such as those portrayed in Translations suffered severe discrimination, poverty and hardship.
Meanwhile, in the 1840's, a small group formed out of the Young Ireland movement. The leader, Thomas Davis, expressed a concept of nationality embracing all who lived in Ireland regardless of creed or origin. A small insurrection in 1848 failed, but their ideas influenced the coming generations. This small nationalism was illustrated in the stories "Evelyn" and "A Painful Case." In the latter, Mr. James Duffy, despite his dislike of the "modern and pretentious" Dublin, decides to stay at least in the suburbs and commute back and forth to his house.
In this poem, Yeats recounts an event to the reader, one that, in the past would have made him pleased, but now leaves him with a sort of unexpected grief. The piece is a memorial of sorts for a group of Irish nationalists who led a revolt on Easter day and in turn lost their lives. These are the heroes that Yeats, only three years before, claimed no longer inhabited Ireland; given his previous stance on the matter, the reader would expect Yeats to be triumphant, re energized by the sudden appearance of the heroes he so admires. But the poem is nothing like that.
...tember 1913, there were only a few people that made huge sacrifices for independence in their country while others had contradicted their efforts and only focused on themselves. It was seen as if the heroes died in vain. In Easter 1916, the reader is able to notice a change in the people’s views and see that they are now the ones who are fighting for Ireland’s independence in honor of their previous leaders. The change Yeats talks about is that the result of the 1916 rising and the execution of some of its leaders. In turn the country revolted into the War of Independence. The Free State resulted in dividing the country both geographically and passionately along with those who had accepted the Free State and those who didn’t.
McCann et al. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1994, 95-109).