ENGC13H3 Lecture : Long Day's Journey Into Night Part I
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There needs to be a different way of getting the inside out. The stage irish man came around early 17th century shakespeare has an irish character in. There"s no indication of a struggle yet but reference to their struggle with the english accent. Captain questions his national identity this is what the typical stage irish man keeps doing. The irish man in the 17th century. Portrayed as unreliable, belligerent, impecunious, dim-witted, alcoholic, irish brogue, 18th century: amiable and sentimental peasant or servant, slightly naiive but honest proud of being irish. 19th century: knockabout comedy, farcical or burlesque irishmen, paddy-whackery melodrama: quick-witted, humorous in their own right. During this time, irish language kind of died out so it was extremely important to focus on the way irish characters speak. So they"re presented as out-witting other characters through their language, through their puns. 1899: founding of irish literary theatre by william beats & lady augusta gregory.
