Jacobite Rising Essays

  • Crossed By Ally Condie: Character Analysis

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    selfless. R- Ky follows Cassia to the Rising even though he does not want to join it. R- He brings a boat to get Cassia to the Rising and lets her choose Indie to take with instead of Ky. Y- Ky has been cut deep. R- Ky had to watch his parents die. R- Ky has walked around carrying many secrets and emotions without sharing them for quite awhile now. G- Ally Condie characterizes Ky. Ally Condie characterizes Ky. Ky is selfless. Ky follows Cassia to the Rising even though he does not want to

  • A Rhetorical Analysis Of Cartoons By Marshall Ramsey

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    cartoons comment on politics while some others comment on science, and entertainment. A large chunk of cartoons are created with the sole intent to entertain the readers. In this cartoon, Marshall Ramsey hilariously draws a comparison between the rising obesity levels and gas prices using symbolism, analogy, and exaggeration. The rise in obesity levels and gas prices poses a grave concern to the economy and the society at large. Marshall tries to bring out this message in his cartoon. In this cartoon

  • Causes of the Easter Uprising

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    Causes of the Easter Uprising The British occupation of Ireland began in the 1640’s and lasted until 1922. No other occurrence throughout Irish history has had a greater impact on the lives of the citizens of the country. Along with the act of occupation came the emergence of Protestantism, which conflicted with the traditional religion of Ireland, Catholicism. The English occupation of Ireland affected many aspects of Irish history from the potato famine to the War for Independence. However,

  • Symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird

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    age of ten and her older brother Jem is about thirteen. Their summer days consist of playing make believe, fictional games from dawn until dusk with their friend, Dill, from Montgomery, Alabama. In the child's world, the twilight sky represents the rising sun, the dawn of a new day, and the commencement of a full day of children's games and activities. The child's world that exists during the daytime is a world flourishing with innocence and simplicity. However, the daytime is the only time when the

  • Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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    The revolutionaries of the 1916 Easter Rising and Sinn Fein. In the same year A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was published, between 1000 and 1500 Irish patriots tried to capture the town of Dublin on Easter Day. The Easter Rising, as it was called, led to the death of approximately 1000 Irishmen and 500 Britons. Of the 1000 Irishmen, many were women and children, while of the 500 Britons; all were either soldiers or policemen. The Easter Rising was not a spontaneous ev... ... middle

  • Easter 1916, Wild Swans at Coole and Second Coming, by W.B. Yeats

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    The timeless essence and the ambivalence in Yeats’ poems urge the reader’s response to relevant themes in society today. This enduring power of Yeats’ poetry, influenced by the Mystic and pagan influences is embedded within the textual integrity drawn from poetic techniques and structure when discussing relevant contextual concerns. “Wild Swans at Coole”, “Easter 1916” and “The Second Coming” encapsulate the romanticism in his early poetry to civil influences and then a modernist approach in the

  • The Easter Rising of 1916

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    Irish citizens took upon themselves the responsibility of overthrowing the British Government in Ireland during the “Easter Rising of 1916”, which was the result of centuries of rights violations against the Irish by the British. Oppression of the Irish began in A.D. 1367 with the Statute of Kilkenny, which restricted the traditions of the Irish and placed them under the authority of the English in Ireland. (Hardiman) Oppression of the Irish was expanded in the late 1600s and early 1700s with a

  • W.B. Yeats' September 1913 and Easter 1916 Poem

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    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

  • Analysis Of Hannibal Lecter

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    well-known and respected psychiatrist, who turned into a complete cannibalistic killer. The factor that grieved Dr. Lecter to be a cannibal was back in Dr. Lecter’s childhood where he witnessed his sister being mauled to death by a cannibal (Hannibal Rising). Throughout the movie Silence of The Lambs, Dr. Lecter is held in confinement giving newcomer FBI agent Clarice Starling advice and clues to solve the case of a serial killer that goes by the code name “Buffalo Bill”. The audience starts to see his

  • Antigone And In The Time Of The Butterflies

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    The second stanza is filled with three heroes from the Easter Rising, yet W.B. Yeats begins to depict them as unlikable people. He describes the heroine of the poem “in ignorant good-will”, arguing so much “her voice grew shrill”. After he highlights all the flaws of the heroine, he acquires a more respectful tone

  • Patrick Pearse In The Irish Revolutionary War

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    dedication to his country and his culture as the Amish do to their religion today. Pearse’s early life and ambitions shaped him into the hard working, intelligent man he was. Through his life experiences, endeavors, poetry and his role in the Easter Rising, Pearse greatly affected the outcome of the Irish Revolutionary War. Patrick Pearse was a dedicated traditionalist and a cause of the Irish Independence War. Born to an English stone carver and an Irish women in the Dublin, Patrick Pearse had one

  • The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

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    and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.'; This statement, from which the title of the novel comes, as well as the content of the whole Book of Ecclesiastes, may be the reason for upholding this hope, the hope given by the rising Sun, the hope of forever abiding Earth. It is a common knowledge that war - "the calamity for civilization';, as the narrator Jake names it - disorganises or even destroys human's inner life, his priorities, his code of values; that war causes

  • How Did The Irish Rebellion Fail

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    Another contributing factor that suggests that poor leadership was the main reason for the failure of the rising was due to the fact that the rebels had no internal support- the IRB failed to gain the support from the rest of Ireland that they required for support. There were few supporters as it was, most of which were from Dublin, this meaning that there was no support from the remainder of Ireland, either due to them listening to Macneill or the fact they didn’t actually know about it. The rebels

  • Bloody Sunday Research Paper

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    Bloody Sunday occurred on the 21st of November 1920. It was an act of terror and day of violence and bloodshed in Dublin during the War of Independence. On the morning of this day fourteen men were killed in a planned operation to kill British agents in Dublin, directed by Michael Collins. In retaliation members of the Auxiliary Division and Royal Irish Constabulary shot and killed fourteen people and injured dozens more after opening fire on the crowd of five thousand spectators at the Dublin versus

  • Hannibal Lecter

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    Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania in 1933 to a family of artistocrats. His younger sister, Mischa, lived with Hannibal in their mother and father’s castle. The family appeared to be well adjusted, loving, nurturing. It becomes apparent very early on how dearly he cares about his sister, Mischa. When World War II broke out, Lithuania became a battle ground for warring Soviets and Germans. Hannibal’s family fled to a cottage in the woods in attempts to avoid being caught in the cross-fire

  • James Joyce Influence And Influence

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    As one of the first and most influential modernists, James Joyce transformed writing of the twentieth century. His novels challenged the wider consciousness by writing of the repressed aspects of life. Profound changes in Ireland with the establishment of the Free Irish State in the beginning of the 20th century influenced James Joyce as a writer. Being a Protestant raised by a Catholic family and living in the Catholic country of Ireland, James Joyce developed a grand understanding of Christian

  • The Spinx

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    associated with the god Amun. The Great Sphinx is to the northeast of Chephren's Valley Temple. Where it sits was once a quarry. Chephren's workers shaped the stone into the lion and gave it their king's face over 4,500 years ago. The sphinx faces the rising sun with a temple to the front, which resembles the sun temples which were built later by the kings of the 5th Dynasty. The figure was buried for most of its life in the sand. King Thutmose IV (1425 - 1417 BC) placed a stela between the front paws

  • The Irish Easter Rebellion 1916

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    Northern Aid Inc., New York, USA. Available from: [15/2/05] Berry, Ben. (2002). Easter 1916, [Internet]. Document reproduced by University of Maryland Honours Program, Maryland, USA. Available from: [18/4/05] Fitzgibbon, Constantine. 1916: The Rising, Britain. Article reproduced by Irish Jokes: An Alternative Website (2004) [Internet]. Available from: [12/2/04] Grant, Ted. (1966). Connolly and the 1916 Easter Uprising [Internet]. Document created by In Defence of Marxism Website, Australia. Available

  • Michael Collins

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    Michael Collins 1.     On the16th October 1890 Michael Collins was born in West Cork near Sam's Cross, named after Sam Wallace, a local highwayman. Michael was born to father Michael Senior and mother Marianne O’Brien. Even though there was a 52-year age difference it did not stop them from making Michael the youngest of 8 children. Collins' father, Michael Senior, said on his deathbed "Mind that child", pointing to his six-year-old son. "He'll be a great man yet, he'll do great things for Ireland

  • Poetry In Poetry: The Importance Of Poetry

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    Poetry is the everlasting method of literature, and is used to portray emotions and stories in a much more in depth and descriptive style, as explained by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at last with an unexpected catastrophe.’ Welcome back, ladies and gentleman to Burning Poetry on Dare the Dream FM, I’m your host Gary, and today we will be discussing the