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In Part III, the old woman tells the family that her land was taken from her, her "four beautiful green fields" by the British.
A mystical figure often portrayed as an old woman who has been evicted from her home, the title character is an allegorical representation of an impoverished and colonized Ireland. In Yeats and Gregory’s play, she arrives at the Gillane home while...
To give up his marriage and become a martyr for his country is conditioned by the dominant ideology that perpetuates the idea of Independence for Page 17 16 Ireland. Michael's response to Cathleen ni Houlihan is immediate and is made out of his...
