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The Tollund Man The Tollund Man is one of Europe's best-known bog bodies. He was found, alongside The Grauballe Man in the early 1950s. Bog bodies recovered from the past are quite wide spread throughout Northern Europe, especially in Denmark, Germany and Ireland. The peat perfectly preserves the bodies due to anaerobic conditions, although the bodies are found blackened, their fingertips, hair and clothing are all still intact. Seamus Heaney uses the bog bodies in

Discuss the significance of the political developments within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism from the period 1798 to 1867 Word count 1592 The nineteenth century was a revolutionary and constitutional period in Irelands history, that somewhat shaped the Ireland that we live in today. This essay will explore the political developments, within revolutionary and constitutional Irish nationalism in the period 1798 to 1867. The late eighteenth century marked the beginning

James Weiss English 11H-2 March 11, 2009 Ms. Walker Ethics: The Keys to Humanity's Forbearance Morality is not a virtue that many can tolerate without a conscience. It was considered the critical awareness of humanity's standards of conduct that are accepted as proper. Yet, for Scout, morality becomes not only a principle, but also a necessity in order for her to survive in the prejudiced society of Maycomb County. It is solely the essence of ethics that causes her to frown upon the

Why Gladstone Failed to Pacify Ireland Gladstone’s adoption of interest in Irish affairs in 1867 puzzled many of his contemporaries and has continued to puzzle historians. Up until 1867 Gladstone had shown very little sympathy towards the Irish, all his life he had held them in contempt, visiting only once. His ‘mission to pacify Ireland’ was surprising and his motives suspect. Many historians believe that Ireland was a cause through which Gladstone was to unify his

Consider Atticus’ role as a parent in To Kill a Mockingbird Is he a good father, in your opinion? You should refer closely to the text in your answer. Is Atticus a good father? Atticus lived in Maycomb County, Alabama where he brought up his two children, Jeremy (Jem) and Jean-Louise (Scout) alone as his wife passed away when Scout was little. Maycomb County is inherently racist and consists of many prejudiced people. Most of the county called black people ‘niggers’, but to Atticus everyone

The Northern Ireland Conflict Esteemed members of the Board, in this report I intend to convincingly show you that the borders in question absolutely need to be redrawn. The borders I speak of are those of the British oppression of Northern Ireland. For years upon years the British have possessed political control over the people of Northern Ireland. I will make it obvious to you that the strong Catholic religion throughout Northern Ireland has forced the people to oppose British control

French political leader Charles de Gaulle said that “nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first,” by this definition turning points in Irish Nationalism can be seen not as what changed as in regards love for Ireland, but what changed hatred for the English withinin Ireland. There are numerous significant turning points in Irish Nationalism; it could be argued that The Great Famine is the largest turning point in Irish Nationalism as it encouraged independence through means

The play ‘Translations’ is set in a Gaelic-speaking, Hedge school in Northern Ireland, 1833. Brian Friel explores the modernization affect individuals and communities that occurred as a result of the conquering English language. He examines how language shapes reality, whilst questioning the assumption that any two people can share the same reality; ideas can be translated between cultures without necessarily being altered. The play offers a parable about the fate of a parochial attitude for those

Near the turn of the twentieth century, Ireland had a crisis of identity. In 1890, the most influential Irish Nationalist politician and champion of home rule, Charles Stewart Parnell, was denounced by the Catholic Church of Ireland over the Divorce Crisis, something the church saw as an immoral affair. The issue of Parnell’s morality split the Irish public’s opinion on what was fundamentally most important: Religion or State Freedom. The political progress that was made towards a freer Ireland came

history and due to this history, it still very much exists within society and continues to be a social inequality. The Northern Ireland conflict, also known as ‘The Troubles’, was a war based on political violence, low intensity armed conflict and political deadlock within the six north-eastern counties of Ireland that formed part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which lasted almost 30 years (The Irish Story, 2017). It was a conflict between political actors including the