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“Juno And The The Paycock”
Discuss the causes of the decent of the Boyle family into “chassis” Consider: - The personalities of the family - The social pressures upon them - The political environment - Anything else you think of Jordan McCracken “Juno and The Paycock” is set between 1916 and 1920 at the time of the Civil war in Ireland. The war was between two parties. The difference between the two parties was trivial, and almost insignificant, probably not even worth a fight. They went to war between because of a few words included in a treaty made between one of the parties and England. There were hardly any differences between the parties, they were both of the same faith, all good Catholics. Yet they killed and tortured each other. “…father was against son, brother against brother, girl against her lover; all fighting it out for a cause no one understood and for which very few cared.” This is part of a quotation said by Sean O’ Casey in 1957. Johnny Boyle has fought in the Civil War, and so it is a big part of his life in this play. He lost his arm and that must be a constant reminder, he also damaged his hip and is probably in pain quite a lot. At the beginning of the play, Johnny feels guilty, he has betrayed Robbie Tancred causing or resulting in his death. Whenever Mary describes in detail the bullet wounds Tancred endured just before he died (“…seven wounds he had- one enterin’ the neck, with an exit wound beneath the left shoulder blade…”). Johnny seems uncomfortable and irritable as he jumps up from the fire quickly and says, “Oh quit that readin’ for Gods sake! Are yous all losin’ your feelin’s? It’ll soon be that none of yous’ll read anythin’ that’s not about butcherin’!” Johnny doesn’t want to face up to reality about what has happened to Tancred and tries to make Mary feel guilt about jus reading about it. Ev... Please login to view comments from other users.
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