play, we learn she is on strike because of the dismissal of a young girl called J enny Claffey. Yet we are told from J uno how Mary never[r]
(1)DRAMA II
MODERN DRAMA
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Sean O’Casey was born in 1818 and died in
1964 The play has been written on the
(4)Irish Civil War
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(5)Jingois m
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flag waving “an appeal
intended to
(6)J ingoism (Denotation)
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Jingois m is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy In practice, it is a
country's advocacy of the use of threats or actual force against other countries in order to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests
Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others—an
extreme type of nationalism
The term originated in Britain, expressing a
(8)(9)WWI – Irish War
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Main Ireland got independence after the Firs t World War
Ireland is divided into Southern and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is now called Uls ter The
people of main Ireland are Roman Catholic The majority of Ulster is Anglican So there is political and religious problem
(i)Either to unite with main Ireland OR
(ii)To unite with England OR
(10)The Play and it’s Social Significance
(11)Juno and the Paycock
• The paycock, or peacock represents the chaos
that J uno endures during the play
• In mythology, the name J uno is the Roman
name for Hera, the goddess of marriage, and the peacock is her symbol
• The Boyle family:
- a working class family in their attempt to escape their dilemmas
(12)Women in Juno and the Paycock
J uno Boyle
- Breadwinner
- Realist in the family
- Showing her strength in adversity
Mary Boyle
(13)Men in Juno and the Paycock
J ack Boyle
- Idleness, a real cripple in life
“Mary is always readin’ lately – nothing but trash, too ” (440)
(14)Men in Juno and the Paycock
Jack Boyle
- Self-deception, talking with a
commanding and complacent gesture
e.g “Chselurs don’t care a damn now
about their parents, they’re bringin’
their fathers’ gray hairs down with
sorra to the grave, an’ laughin’ at it,
laughin’ at it.” (440)
e.g “Captain’s able to take care of
(15)Men in Juno and the Paycock
Johnny Boyle
- Suffering from his
betrayal to his comrade
- Showing no sympathy
to his sister
Joxer Daly
- Parasite
- Crawler
Jerry Devine
- J udging love from
material things
- Turing his back on
Mary when knowing
she’s having Bentham’s baby
Charlie Bentham
- Bring fantasy and
(16)Mothers in Juno and the Paycock
while facing the death of their sons:
Mrs Tancred - despairing and anticipates her own death
“O Blessed Virgin where were you when me darlin’ son was riddled with bullets,…” (449)
Juno Boyle - hardy and resolute
“Ah, what can God agen the stupidity o’ men!”
(17)1 Plot overview Boyle’s Family…
Boyle is a useless and irresponsible drunkard who shuns the reality of work at every stage in the
play, and spends his time in the pub drinking with his friend J oxer Daly
The Boyles have two children Johnny and Mary Johnny is a sickly individual who has been
involved in the Republican movement but he ended up betraying a comrade by the name of
Tancred J ohnny spends his days locked up in the house fearful of his life
(18)1 Plot overview
J uno’s daughter Mary is deeply concerned
about appearances
She is a shallow character who seems to
judge people and things from the outside
When we meet her at the beginning of the
play, we learn she is on strike because of the dismissal of a young girl called J enny Claffey Yet we are told from J uno how Mary never
(19)1 Plot overview
The family is told that they will inherit money
from a distant relative who has died
Bentham is the solicitor who informs them of
this fact
He begins to have a relationship with Mary
and she becomes pregnant
Bentham shortly after this abandons her The Boyles begin to borrow money and
(20)1 Plot overview
The legacy never materializes, and the Boyles
are forced to return the borrowed goods
J ohnny is dragged off to be shot for the
betrayal of Tancred
J uno finally realizes that Boyle will never take
on his responsibilities as father and
patriotism in bias nationalism. Britain, Russia